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Originally Posted by Ped
But why would it have been dumb? As stated, sometimes teams give out one-ways to guys who they fully expect to play for their AHL team, to reward them for being a good AHL player and give them a higher salary in the minors. If it's below the cap threshold, then it makes no difference as long the player is in the AHL. The only difference in this case would have been the Avs paying him more in the AHL then if he was on a 2-way. If it wouldn't affect anything except his take-home pay, why would it be dumb?
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It would be dumb to pay him NHL minimum in the AHL. No reason to simply give money away.