from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,
- There is no clause in the CBA prohibiting teams from buying out a player and then re-signing him immediately. Nor is there one that forbids teams from trading a player then signing him as a free agent immediately in the wake of a buyout by the acquiring team. It seems like both issues should be addressed, but neither is. So no circumvention in the case of Brooks Orpik and the Capitals.
- You can set your watch to Jarome Iginla’s Hall of Fame induction in November 2020.
- Yes, a threshold has most certainly been established when a 24-year-old forward who has averaged seven goals a season for his first five years in the league gets a six-year contract worth $5.17 million a year as did Tom Wilson.
But pretty much every team in the league would have gone even higher than that to sign the dastardly menace had Washington allowed the impactful No. 43 to hit free agency two years from now, and that isn’t even up for debate.
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