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Originally Posted by blankall
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?
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The other side of that is the Flames give a 1st in 2019 (Pelltier) to make room so they can sign Tkachuk to a long term deal rather than a 3 year bridge. At the end of the day it still comes down to competent managment.