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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Yes that was on those back diving deal like Luongo.
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No, the back-diving penalty was a separate thing. There was indeed a rule that if you signed a contract 35 and older, the team would get dinged for the full cap hit even if you retired.
The Luongo deal was more about teams taking advantage of cap savings by having the cash amount go down drastically in the last few years of a long-term deal, allowing the player to retire early without losing too much money while keeping the cap hit low.