08 Jul 2021 17:55:51
I really want Flames to keep Lucic but not at that cap hit. Is this legal? Can a team trade a player to a team, and have them trade him back @ retained salary.
My Trade Example :

To Calgary : Seventh-Round Selection in 2021

To New Jersey : Milan Lucic, Second-Round Selection in 2021, Fourth-Round Selection in 2022 and Glenn Gawdin


To Calgary : Milan Lucic ( 50% Salary Retained )

To New Jersey : Seventh-Round Selection in 2021 [NJD]


So basically New Jersey receives 2ND + 4TH + Gawdin for eating 50% of Lucic’s 2 year contract (2,625,000). It doesn’t seem like a lot but it would help Calgary quite a bit imo. Lucic is very liked in the locker room and he loves Calgary and doesn’t want to leave. He’s grown on majority of Flames fans and he’s actually been pretty decent honestly, but not at that cap hit.

If there’s any errors I’m sorry, it’s 11 in the afternoon and I haven’t slept yet.

1.) 09 Jul 2021
08 Jul 2021 22:50:24
A third team or a buyout is the only way that can happen if I am not mistaken.

2.) 09 Jul 2021
08 Jul 2021 22:55:16
I understand the premise of what you’re going for to lower his cap.

My thoughts are is that this isn’t legal similar to the recent Orpik situation where he was traded and bought out then re-signed by original team.

Also there may be a situation where a player needs to play a certain number of games for the new team.

Say Lucic plays for Devils for the 1 year and then gets traded back to Calgary at the Deadline as a pending FA. I think that one may be acceptable given circumstances but not even sure if that’s allowed.

If anyone else has greater knowledge please share but that’s where my thoughts go.

3.) 09 Jul 2021
09 Jul 2021 01:18:22
11 is the morning. and this makes no sense and i'm sure is clear cut cap circumvention.

4.) 09 Jul 2021
09 Jul 2021 05:57:25
Not quite the same thing but with a buyout the player cannot be return to the team that bought him out for 1 year.

It's probably similar for this otherwise teams would have done it before.