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Originally Posted by Major Major
Also teams used to get compensation for allowing their guy to get hired away while under contract. So it used to be pretty common. Now they don't so why do it? There's literally no benefit to the org. Just being nice to competitors for... Just because? Nah
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The benefit is, for example, with Sutter getting fired, he's still under contract. They still have to pay him for the next 2 years or whatever the contract was.
If the person gets hired by another organization, then you don't have to pay him, although I seem to recall that if say, New York hired him and paid him less, the Flames would be on the hook to makeup the shortfall.
Also, I do believe the person has to make an attempt to get hired, although I could be wrong. In which case Sutter might not get paid.