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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Yeah, they probably should have stopped when Kripusoff's contract was submitted but they didn't and they kept allowing it to get worse. Doesn't mean that Hossa's contract was 'legal' anymore than Kovalchuk's initial one was despite not being explicitly banned by the CBA. What they were was lucky that the NHL decided to draw the line with Kovalchuk and not Hossa.
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Oh I agree, they were complete cap circumvention. I just think that by accepting them, the NHL said "okay" and shouldn't be allowed to punish teams after the fact.
If it's a good contract, allow it.
If you're going to say it's not, then say no.
I seem to recall someone (Ken Baumgartner, maybe) got a contract from the Leafs that included a PIM bonus and the league disallowed that one too.