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Originally Posted by D as in David
Didn't the Oilers recently do this with one of their players?
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Originally Posted by Jbo
Duncan Keith
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Keith's early retirement did end up with a cap penalty (to the Hawks), so from the league's perspective, there wasn't any circumvention.
It's unfortunate that none of the penalty went against the Oilers because the Hawks could afford to sacrifice the cap space. The Oilers could not.