Équipe: 2019-20 Maple Leafs de Toronto

Date de création initiale: 27 févr. 2020

Publié: 28 févr. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Ok, so this is just a really weird thing that I was thinking about and there may even be a rule against it that I'm unaware of but I just decided to post it just to get some thoughts.

SITUATION: So this type of thing would not apply very often, as it takes a pretty specific scenario for it to make sense. The idea is RENTING/LOANING players with TERM. Basically where this would make sense is when a team that expected to make the playoffs fell out of the race for one reason or another (i.e injuries, bad goaltending, etc.) but thinks they will rebound the following season or a team that wasn't quite good enough but was still developing young players wants to be able to make a push next year.

HOW IT WORKS: So if a team is in the situation described above, they won't want to trade away from their roster in a way that hurts their team the following year, but they also don't want to finish out of the playoffs without recouping assets. So what I am proposing is loaning players with term for only the remainder of the season. Teams would make a handshake agreement that the player will be traded back to the original team in the summer. Collateral would be sent as part of the deadline deal and then given back in the summer trade.

EXAMPLE: Basic idea of what I mean below. The point is not the value, just the theory. This theoretical deal would take place at this past deadline.