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Originally Posted by Robbob
What about a compliance buyout costing the team their first round pick. That way the other teams in league benefits with their pick going up. The player gets the pay day. In a way it would be similar punishment for cap circumvention that the league never uses. At least this way they aren't beating around the bush.
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That kind of unfairly punishes teams that are doing bad. A lot of the teams doing poorly are also the teams that have been most pressured into signing these bad 8 year deals, as they don't have the ability to draw in star players without the big contracts.
If you're the NYR you give away a late first and use your new cap space to sign more star players from other teams. If you're a lesser team, this doesn't help you much, as you aren't giving up your top 10 pick to get out of a bad contract.
Even with the Flames, they shouldn't be giving up their pick now. Maybe you give teams the ability to keep the buyout in the bank, until you are good?