Devil Dancer
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- Jan 21, 2006
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Meh.. as a caps fan I love that they finally took advantage of a system. They have never done that with any of the other trends in the past and always missed out. What they did was totally fine by the way the CBA is written.
But I do sort of side with the group that doesn't really like it... I could see it becoming the next "back diving contract trend". I would be OK with there being an amendment to the CBA that states a player cannot resign with the team that bought him out or the original contract team for 1 year.
But trading a player and another valuable asset for a fair return.. and then having that player go through waivers and being bought out, then enter free agency and sign with the original team is 100% allowed as the CBA is written.
The other sorta sneaky thing they did recently was wait to re-sign Oshie until the UFA period so they didn't have to protect him in the expansion draft.
Not that I'm complaining, GMGM was way behind the curve on this kind of borderline roster management behavior. GMBM, on the other hand, is doing a good job of using the current rules to the team's advantage .