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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I still think he might retire once the calendar officially flips to the new season.
$1M with high escrow this season and high taxes might not be worth it for a guy that has a ring already and is pretty beat up physically from all accounts
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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
He'd have to pay back the full signing bonus.
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I gather from the relevant bits of the CBA that cap recapture penalties would apply here. Normally those only apply to the kind of front-loaded contracts that are no longer permitted, but this would be an exception.
Basically, if Lucic retires before the start of the regular season, the $3 million he has already been paid for 2022-23 would still count against the Flames' cap for the year. The only way to make his entire cap hit go away is to trade him.