Quoting: qc14
I agree that it's not explicitly forbidden in the CBA. Just pointing out that the Vanacek situation was different and viewed differently by the league than the Orpik situation (or the no trade-backs with Vegas and retention scenarios that the league originally wanted to prevent). I think that given how pissed off the central office was after the Orpik situation in 2018, teams will not attempt another trade/buyout/re-sign deal, and if they did the league would try to stop them.
Agreed its different but the threat that Bill Daly expressly made against MTL wasnt
Then he turned around and allowed it to happen shrugging it off
This is a more Recent Example of just how little Power that Bill Daly and Gary Bettman's threats have.
They're well paid Manager's but they're nothing more on any level.
Owners dont trip over themselves to create rules just because they over stepped
They instead use the Media to their advantage with Posturing to cover their butts
Owners dont want a rule like that for a reason
Sometimes the players suffer because of rules like this and that costs the Owners investment to lose value.
No smart businessman allows a rule like this to cost him asset's
The other owners might be mad other teams work together but they dont lose money just an advantage.
In creating this rule it puts teams in situations where asset's value's can be completely stripped
Imagine if Vanacek had to go back to the AHL because SEA took too many Goalies.
How long before he's back in Russia?
Never under estimate the power of Greedy Rich Men