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Originally Posted by Muffins
True, but Berglund might not be the best example of what I was going after.
What's to stop a player from doing the same thing in order to get out of a team friendly contract, and sign a long term deal with another team?
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His current team has to actually terminate his contract.
For example, let us say Gaudreau tries to pull this with the Flames so he can sign with another team for twice the money.
Well the Flames can suspend Gaudreau indefinitely. If Gaudreau misses enough games, the Flames can toll the contract for another year meaning that this year of the contract doesn't get used up and he still owes the year on the contract.
So in reality Gaudreau gains nothing and just prolongs his current contract. The Flames aren't going to let a productive player on a good contract walk away for nothing.