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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
Why should there be a fine? Just making sure the right outcome occurred, isn't that goal? Not sure why there needs to be punishment instilled for all errors that occur? Don't get me wrong, I get the assumption here is that Vegas tried to pull a fast one and people want them to be punished on that, and they may well have, but not sure NHL or any organization wants to get into the business of punishing teams, or people who make mistakes. The trade didn't go through, that's what the checks and balances are in place to try and ensure no?
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I think the fine should come from players being stuck on LTIR.
That is the real story here that is being overlooked.
Martinez is ready to come off LTIR, but can't, because Vegas doesn't have the cap space. IMO that's cap circumvention because a non-injured player is on LTIR.
Using that loop hole to get around salary cap issues when a player is actually hurt is one thing. (Kane in Chicago, Kucherov in Tampa) But Martinez has been practicing as a regular for 4 weeks now and the NHL should step in.