11-04-2021, 02:32 AMnour Wrote: In addition, there exists the option to force Toronto to take Shepard without retention, which at the surface feels like the easiest call, but also presents its own issues. It unfairly punishes Toronto for something that was entirely not their fault. It's Winnipeg's responsibility to verify the legality of the assets they move, not Toronto's, which was something everyone in Head Office came to an agreement on, and forcing Toronto to take Shepard at full salary forces them to take the trade at terms they never agreed to (Kluster himself told me that the only reason he parted with a 1st rounder was for that salary retention for example), which is something we're never comfortable doing in HO.

I really don't agree with this. The onus is on both GMs to verify the legality of assets. I don't know very many GMs who wouldn't check contract statuses themselves prior to a trade. Ignorance and/or laziness is not an excuse. If he only parted with 1st for salary retention, he shoulda fucking checked if it was even doable.