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Originally Posted by GioforPM
If the league could prove a handshake deal, like I said before, none of that is circumvention unless the Canes would be over the cap in an averaged deal. As long as the Canes are under the cap, it’s not circumvention. The AAV is simply averaged. It’s just like Nylander’s contract, which paid $9M the first full year and 6.0 the rest. The AAV was 6.92.
It used to be circumvention when front loaded contracts were clearly aimed at paying a lot now and then very little for the last couple years and the player was expected to retire before those low priced years kicked in.
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If the league could prove such a handshake deal, the Canes would be punished in some fashion. Regardless of the cap implications, it effectively means that the amount that Montreal had to match was grossly overstated. Montreal was deceived as to the true contract. If there is a handshake deal for 6 years at $3M, the true contract 1s really 7 years at about $3.44M, which Montreal likely matches, as the compensation would be based on an AAV of $4.82M.