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Old 06-21-2016, 11:30 AM   #21
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What pisses me off the most about this is that the kings get out of his contract. I just want the kings to somehow get dealt a bad hand...
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Old 06-21-2016, 11:31 AM   #22
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They could just trade him there for "future considerations"... why waivers?
I would think that it probably came as a request from Lecalvalier to see if there was any team out there at all that would take him on before retiring. Probably just wanting to be sure that there was no interest, instead of taking Lombardi's word for it?
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How is this not cap circumvention ?
basically forced retirement to get out of the contract , on a we'll give you a chance to play trade .
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Old 06-21-2016, 01:23 PM   #24
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What pisses me off the most about this is that the kings get out of his contract. I just want the kings to somehow get dealt a bad hand...
They're still stuck with the Brown and Gaborik contracts so it's not all good.
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Old 06-21-2016, 01:25 PM   #25
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Waivers to mutually terminate the contract?
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Old 06-21-2016, 03:34 PM   #26
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The 3rd highest paid player in NHL history with $102,064,375 in total earning. And he's only 36. The man got to live the American dream to the fullest. Best of luck to him in his retirement.
Holy ####!

I guess those contract buyouts really paid off. hah.
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Old 06-21-2016, 04:27 PM   #28
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Old 06-22-2016, 06:27 AM   #29
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Ok the mystery of waivers is solved.

Kings are terminating the contract so they don't have to payout the $500k signing bonus due on July 1st, which apparently would have had to be paid out even with his retirement papers filed.
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They're still stuck with the Brown and Gaborik contracts so it's not all good.
For now. Don't be surprised if they get out of one or both of those contracts somehow.
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Old 06-22-2016, 07:13 AM   #31
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really hoped he'd screw the Kings.

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