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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Vegas tried acquiring the contract of a player who is retired on LTIR. They either did it to avoid having to deal with cap issues by taking advantage of the LTIR system, or because they just like paying salaries. It's impossible to know for sure.
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There was no advantage to take. Anaheim wanted to get rid of the contract to save money. Since Vegas was already deep into LTIR territory, taking on yet another LTIR contract made no difference to them.
You can't pay cash directly for players in a trade, but this was a way of paying cash indirectly.