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12 - Retired & Moving Playershttp://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=19455.0I will start it off with my opinion that we should be able to put Retired/Moving players into our minors if they are on the last year of their current contract. (Just like other players) This give teams more cap and control of their teams. IMOIts hard because you can't predict who will leave to other leagues or retire. Some players also decide to come out of retirement so what would happen with that situation?I would like to hear what others think. Maybe I am wrong and the rule is fine the way it is?
Depending on what others want but I would be most willing to have a decrease in the buyout cost, say 25% instead.I just don't want people signing KHL/Swiss/etc. players and stashing them in the minors as a no risk play. If someone wants to take a risk on these players it requires them to keep them on their roster and not stash in the minors. The retirement part comes into play more now that, over the next couple years, now that most of the contracts in the league have been signed by us and are not their real life contracts. If we lower this down to 25% someone can take a risk on Selanne at $3.0m over 3 years now and get off very easy when he does retire. I feel like a player like Selanne shouldn't be signed to more than 1 year but how else would we restrict this?
Than what about for players that are not in the last year of their contract? Will they come off of the books the same way? I like it this way because it keeps the rules simple and it adds an additional risk.For example: Say someone signs Jaromir Jagr to a two year contract so they can guarantee that they win, do we let this person slip through the system unpunished? With this ratification, all he has to do is lose a minor spot. Right now, the risk to doing that is much greater.
If a player is not in their last year we could buy them out just like any other player. (It would be a 50% buyout)Whats the difference from stashing players that are still playing in the NHL?