Right, I remember from somewhere that players can re-sign for longer terms than they can sign for... so CAR signing him for their max term and then trading him to NSH (for example) is more beneficial to NSH than if they just signed him on their own.
The interesting part, is that this would all have to be negotiated before the trade went down, and NSH isn't giving up a bunch of assets for a couple extra years of term... meaning this could end up being Dougie Hamilton signed for 8 years and traded for a 3rd round pick. Would the NHL and/or PA allow that?
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