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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
He’s not the first guy to negotiate a bonus heavy deal.
There is no language in the CBA about bonuses being exempt - in fact it’s clear that they are subject to escrow. The top google result article for ‘nhl escrow signing bonus’ claims the weird scenario about paying it via salary, but I’ve never seen a citation.
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His contract actually makes it more enticing for a team to trade for him in the later years of the deal since the real $$ are less than the cap hit. Let’s Chucky set up his destination for his next deal as well.