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Originally Posted by schteve_d
There should be a mandated clause included for whoever signs him this time that there is no easy out, you sign him you are stuck with him and/or his cap for however long you were dumb enough to sign him for.
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Originally Posted by Toonage
I agree. San Jose shouldn't be gaining cap space from all this.
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Perhaps there should be two or three tiers of contract termination terms.
The strictest level for players that get into serious criminal trouble, leaving them banned from the league. A second tier for guys like Kane, that is not just an easy cap out because of minor offences, and mostly because the team doesn't like the guy. Maybe the Kane situation isn't too worth getting riled up about as a fan of another Pacific team, because they're also losing some ok offensive production, but these situations just set precedents for other teams.
We almost saw it with DeAngelo, but NY ended up having to buy him out instead. Other situations we've seen: Leipsic; public comments. Richards, drug charge. Voynov; criminal charges. Kovalchuk; cause the Kings wanted to.
At least Chicago didn't get to terminate Hossa over an allergy. However, it seems like teams are getting out of deals too easy on occasion.