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Originally Posted by eco's bones
10 years from now Richards is 41--NHL last year came down hard against teams trying to front load contracts. In order for that contract to fly they'd have to balance such a contract at both ends. That scenario is not going to happen.
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That rule wouldn't matter. This deal wouldn't fly simply because his cap hit would be 15 mil, which is more than 20% of the cap. Even if it was possible, the last year of the deal would be calculated separately, but even then, it would have to be a pretty high number.