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Chicago acquiring Marc Andre Fleury

CarltonTheBear

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https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1420043523513008133
https://twitter.com/emilymkaplan/status/1420043791080230914
 
That's....ummm....okay.

Just a really long, drawn out swap of Lehner for Fleury, delayed over the course of multiple seasons?
 
https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1420046894533943302
https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/1420046627671355400
https://twitter.com/JesseGranger_/status/1420046646168018944

Welp enjoy a well earned retirement Fleury.
 
Part of me wonders if Chicago did this with the expectation that Fleury retires, and there's a handshake agreement in place that the Hawks will get a favourable deal from Vegas in the future. Otherwise, taking up most of their available non-LTIR cap space is a curious choice.
 
bustaheims said:
Part of me wonders if Chicago did this with the expectation that Fleury retires, and there's a handshake agreement in place that the Hawks will get a favourable deal from Vegas in the future. Otherwise, taking up most of their available non-LTIR cap space is a curious choice.

I think they would have had a conditional pick here based off Fleury playing a single game or something like that if that was the case.
 
This could go sideways quickly and if he did retire, would Vegas be on the hook for recapture seeing he won't play a game in Chicago?
 
CarltonTheBear said:
I think they would have had a conditional pick here based off Fleury playing a single game or something like that if that was the case.

Maybe, but a minor league player with a minimal shot at NHL success (and no real success in extremely limited games as a pro) is essentially the same thing. It's basically a reserve list spot swap.
 
Guilt Trip said:
This could go sideways quickly and if he did retire, would Vegas be on the hook for recapture seeing he won't play a game in Chicago?

Recapture only applies to contracts that were backdiving and 8+ seasons long signed before the current limits on term. They don't apply here.
 
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A better one, courtesy of @LeBronMaclean.
 
bustaheims said:
Guilt Trip said:
This could go sideways quickly and if he did retire, would Vegas be on the hook for recapture seeing he won't play a game in Chicago?

Recapture only applies to contracts that were backdiving and 8+ seasons long signed before the current limits on term. They don't apply here.
Thx
 
Guilt Trip said:
bustaheims said:
Guilt Trip said:
This could go sideways quickly and if he did retire, would Vegas be on the hook for recapture seeing he won't play a game in Chicago?

Recapture only applies to contracts that were backdiving and 8+ seasons long signed before the current limits on term. They don't apply here.
Thx

No prob. For future reference, these are the only remaining contracts where recapture applies:

Weber
Keith
Crosby
Carter
Quick
J. Staal

After the completion of the 22/23 season, only Crosby's and Weber's contracts will be left. With Weber quite possibly being on LTIR for the remainder of his contract and Crosby almost certainly going to play out his deal, the whole recapture penalty thing basically ended up being a non-issue for everyone other than Vancouver/Florida.
 
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