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Originally Posted by GioforPM
That's true but only because the max deal is 8, not because of the cap. Of course, proving anything but a wait and see deal would be pretty hard. If the Flames didn't honour it all Johnny could do would be to bad mouth them as backstabbers, because handshake deals are unenforceable under the CBA.
A cap circumvention handshake deal would be a written deal for an 8 year contract with a 30 year old which pays $8M in the first 3 years and $1M for the remainder but with a handshake that the player retires in 4 years.
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That deal isn’t even allowed under the CBA, so not a great example.