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Originally Posted by transplant99
If he is traded...why cant the receiving team sign him to 8 years? I haven't heard that.
As for the bolded...cap room for the Leafs is not an issue this year, so in theory he can sign a 7 million dollar a year deal today and still receive the full amount for this season if 3 million of the salary is written in as a signing bonus.
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Only the team re-signing can do 8, a free agent signing is 7, so I guess it depends on whether the team trades him and the new team signs him or signs him first and then trades him. I think that's how it would work.
I know cap room isn't an issue this year. But I'm assuming no one is talking about a one year deal. And the Leafs would be crazy to give him that much on a one year deal and pay him a huge signing bonus for not playing over 1/4 of the season. My assumption on the lost income is that he loses this year and signs a contract next year. So he loses, say, $7M that he has to somehow make up over the next contract term. That would require a huge increase.