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Old 07-24-2018, 11:54 PM   #28
FireGilbert
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18 View Post
The league lets teams trade injured players to Arizona - so they can get to the cap floor, other teams clear cap space, and insurance pays for the contract.

Not sure how this is any worse.

Team got assets for taking player, player gets bought out, player signs at cheaper contract.

Seems fair game to me.
I agree. This trade/buyout/signing is not being used to get around waiver rules or get out of recapture penalties and should be allowed. The Caps made a shrewd decision to get less for Grubauer in return for cap savings on Orpik.
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