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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Free agents can only sign 8 year deals with the team that holds/previously held their rights.
Any other team is 7 years max.
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Nearing semantics, but with the exception of Seattle during the expansion draft, it's actually what team held their rights at the time of the trade deadline and prior to them becoming UFA. So the Oiler's could not trade for his rights and then sign him to an 8 year deal, he must sign with Toronto and before July 28 to get an 8 year term.
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Originally Posted by Mull
ahh thank you so even if it was a month in the future only TO could sign for 8 years.
Any idea why that was included in the CBA? Seems like an odd thing for the teams to fight for. Its only a one year difference,
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Not even Toronto will be able to sign him for 8 years in a month. And I think it's 100% to encourage players to sign with the teams who have their rights and provide the ability for teams who do have their rights to potentially make sign-and-trades like this.