A new twist on the buyouts

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Jobu said:
A player can always retire from the NHL and move elsewhere. What he can't do is dishonour his contract or otherwise attempt to re-work it, at least right now. No one knows if this bar against renegotiation is a one-time deal or not.
That I guess is the unknown here .. If restructuring is a permanent rule or just on existing contracts right now.
 

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Jobu said:
Enabling a team to take a player to arb as an RFA makes perfect sense. Many players hold out (see Martin St. Louis) rather than choose arbitration because they feel they can exert more pressure on their team and gain a better salary than in arbitration. Now, players don't have that leverage, with teams being able to force arbitration.

Maybe I'm missing something because this Martin St. Louis "hold out" scenerio you are talking about must be an example and by that I mean fiction, right? Because there is no holdout happening now. St. Louis was qualified as an RFA last summer and negotiations were being held up until the lockout was announced.

Just looking to set the record straight.
 
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