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Originally Posted by MJK
So if they all are retired and the team that player was on gets first right of refusal, doesn’t that solve our problem?
I don’t see this as being any different than when I lost Kovalchuk to the KHL. I was mad. BUT the league decided I had first right of refusal when he returned to the NHL. Every GM bid on him and I either matched it or I didn’t.
This can be the same thing.
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So the 3 options appear to be (so far)
1. Keep as is (which no one seems to want0
2. GM vote for each player
3. Any announcement of retirement triggers the player being retired, and if returns, it goes to UFA bidding with the original GM having the right to match and retain
If we go with #3 do we keep the buyout or not? In my view the buyout is an example of a rarely applied but complex rule that does add enough value for it's complexity.