rooneypoo wrote:SensGirl11 wrote:beerandsens wrote:I want this thread to die off and never be seen again, but before that happens I just need to know. Is burying Redden's contract in the AHL really an option for the Rags? I can't help but think that would NEVER happen.
That's what I was wondering too, is he even on a 2 way contract? How could they do this at all? I don't understand.
You can assign any player without a NMC to the AHL, if you so choose, regardless of whether he's on a 1- or 2-way contract. In all cases, that player's cap hit comes off the books, too.
The catch: for the guy on the 1-way deal, you'd be paying him his full NHL salary to play in the AHL. In the instance of Redden, that'd be $6.5 mil for the next 5 years, or $32.5 mil.
Teams that make a lot of money can afford to bury expensive, 1-way deals in the minor if they choose -- a luxury small-market teams just don't have. The first step is to put the guy on waivers. If he goes unclaimed, you then assign him to the AHL. As long as he reports to the AHL teams, he makes his full NHL salary. His salary comes of the cap books, but remains on the team's books.
Thanks for clarifying this for me Rooney. I wasn't sure how that would work.
Is this something that they should do though? That's a really shady thing to do to a player, IMO. They knew what they would be getting when they signed him to that contract. Did they think he would magically be awesome again?
Why did they bother signing him to such a long contract if this is what they were going to do to him?
I don't like Redden as a player, but he's a good guy and doesn't deserve to be treated this way. He never quit on his team, he just isn't too good.