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Originally Posted by Macindoc
At this point they would have to add a serious sweetener to induce the Ducks to claim him off waivers. But this, unlike a trade, would not be a legal way to circumvent the cap, as it would be similar to a kickback.
Vegas’ entire use of LTIR this year has been a pyramid scheme - trade a player with a bad contract for a player with a bigger contract who is LTIR eligible. Eventually you run out of players with top shelf contracts who you can pass off as injured.
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Maybe more got added to the CBA since then, but I do recall a similar thing happening to Todd Marchant back in the 05-06 season. He was supposed to be part of the
Sergei Fedorov trade but refused to waive his NTC. He was put on waivers a week later and the Ducks claimed him, completely circumventing his no trade clause.
Difference here is that a trade happened and Columbus received assets for Marchant; albeit in an indirect roundabout way. Vegas could still make a deal but with the deadline passed I would make them pay a king's ransom for claiming a player off waivers for them. Not sure the league would allow such a thing though.