Hoss
Well-known member
And that makes sense. You can't just rewrite a contract. And that's what they'd be doing if they allowed it.
The NFL does it all the time... they call it restructuring the contract. I would bet that Bettman would still find a way to nix the deal that you suggest. ( I like it ) but what team would do that?? Maybe this.
Tampa Trades Vinny and the third to Toronto for the rights to Tyler Bozak. Toronto buys out Vinny and trades him to Calgary with the 21st pick for nothing. Calgary trades Vinny and the 21st to Tampa for the rights to Tyler Bozak.
So in all Toronto gets the 3rd overall, Calgary gets the rights to Tyler Bozak, and Tampa gets Vinny back and the 21st overall.