MyNameIsJonas
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CHI/ARI close to a deal where Hossa's contract and Hinostroza head to the Yotes.
Why?
Zona is taking on 1M per year of real money and for doing so we know they are getting a cheap young top 9 forward, and probably not surrendering anything worthwhile.
Because teams will continue bullshit LTIR stuff like this knowing they can pawn off the contract to a team trying to reach the floor. It's crap. They need to end it. If a team is stupid enough to give out monster contracts to older players they should be forced to deal with it internally.
Yeah, that's a good summary of the situation. It's in nobody's best interests to put a stop to these kinds of moves.Players are fine with it because it means that teams are more likely to pay older players more money. Teams/the league is fine with it because it allows them to either A) be a rich team and move trouble contracts or B) be a welfare/rebuilding team and extract assets from rich teams for cap space the welfare/rebuilding team was unlikely to use anyway
Yeah, I don't see who exactly is going to be motivated to fix this particular problem.
Players are fine with it because it means that teams are more likely to pay older players more money. Teams/the league is fine with it because it allows them to either A) be a rich team and move trouble contracts or B) be a welfare/rebuilding team and extract assets from rich teams for cap space the welfare/rebuilding team was unlikely to use anyway
Yeah, I don't see who exactly is going to be motivated to fix this particular problem.
Yeah, that's a good summary of the situation. It's in nobody's best interests to put a stop to these kinds of moves.
Also, considering the Habs are currently the proud owners of the Shea Weber contract, I'm not sure why a Hab fan would be the one to want to get rid of these moves. Though I suppose the Habs may also be able to take care of Weber's contract if there's another round of "compliance buyouts" that don't count against the cap following the lockout in 2020.
Nashville is on the hook for Weber if he retires, not the Habs.
Sure...but what if he just declines a lot, but wants to stay in the league?
His salary would be $1M. Who cares.
Personally, I believe he wouldn't stick around through pain for $1M in salary. He'd retire. Then Nashville gets ****ed with the recapture cap.
Weber won't retire before his contract is up. Why would he?Nashville is on the hook for Weber if he retires, not the Habs.