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Originally Posted by FiveSeven
This is legendary. The NHL themselves are probably like:
Buyouts usually sour relationships so its understandable why this has never been attempted before. After this though, I bet teams might start doing this very often. Absolutely sneaky. I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see the NHL negotiate a fix to block this into the CBA asap lol.  |
Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if this is a specific exemption granted by the NHL. The Flames don't go down this route if Valimaki doesn't get injured. Stone was suddenly required again, they didn't buy him out with bringing him back in mind