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Originally Posted by browna
See McAmmond, Dean, circa March 2003.
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That rule no longer exists because the Waiver Draft no longer exists.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/mca...eason-1.409123
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"The player technically was not eligible to return to Calgary," Bill Daly, NHL executive vice-president and chief legal officer, said in a statement Friday. "The Flames traded McAmmond to Colorado on Oct. 1, 2002, three days prior to the NHL waiver draft, and Article 13.36 of the collective bargaining agreement states explicitly that 'a player traded by a club within the four weeks prior to the waiver draft may not be re-acquired by such club within the forthcoming season.'
"After becoming aware that the transaction had been concluded in error, we consulted with the clubs involved in the trade and determined that while a reversal of the trade was not required, the player nonetheless will not participate in league play for Calgary for the balance of the season," Daly said.
The reason the rule exists is so teams don't try anything strange at the annual waiver draft, like making pre-arranged deals with teams for players they don't want to lose in the draft.
In the past, some NHL teams would trade a player they didn't want to expose in the waiver draft and then re-acquire him a few weeks later for a low draft pick. In practice, it was called "hiding" players.
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The current CBA does not allow a team to reacquire a player in a retained-salary transaction within one year of that player being on the team's reserve list, or reacquire a player who they previously retained salary on within one calendar year (with the exception of any player whose retained contract is no longer in force -- so the Flames could sign Rittich as a UFA for example). Otherwise, there is nothing in the current CBA preventing a team from reacquiring a player.
That said, there may be rules for the expansion draft specifically that would forbid Seattle from trading a player back to his original team, but in the CBA, it is allowed as long there is no salary retention involved.