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The coaches' assessment will ultimately determine if he's going to Syracuse or not.He doesn't want to spend a day in Syracuse if he doesn't have to. That's the reason he hasn't been signed to any sort of contract/ATO. He wants to be in Tampa
An ATO doesn't pay a salary. A PTO or SPC would. I have doubts that the NHL would even allow it, but it's not too far out of line with what already exists. Basically, we'd be paying him upfront, in order to make the money work when he's on an NHL contract. Players are involved in paper transactions with the AHL all the time. That's all it would be.
If the money is right, you can get that third ELC year. If he wants to burn a year still, fine.
The issue is if it's undisclosed. Guys sign deals starting next year, and go on an ATO or SPC with the AHL team. We'd just be restructuring that.26.1 General. The activities described or referred to in, or expressly prohibited by, Sections 26.2 through 26.7, and 26.15, whether completed or attempted, directly or indirectly, shall be deemed Circumventions under this Agreement and shall be penalized as described in and provided by Section 26.13.
26.2 Undisclosed Terms and Revenues.
A Club (directly or indirectly through a "Club Actor," i.e., any owner, shareholder, Club Affiliated Entity, the NHL or third party acting at the behest of a Club) and a Player (directly or indirectly through a "Player Actor," i.e., his Certified Agent or any other individual, any entity, or the NHLPA, acting on behalf of the Player) may not, at any time, enter into undisclosed agreements of any kind, express or implied, oral or written, or promises, undertakings, representations, commitments, inducements, assurances of intent, or understandings of any kind involving consideration of any kind to be paid, furnished or made available or guaranteed to the Player, or Player Actor, by the Club or Club Actor either prior to, during, or after the term of the Player's SPC.
Syracuse likes the player. What's the problem?Therefore, if a player signed a contract with only two days left in the regular season and was to earn $750,000 in that short span, the prorated full-season value of that contract would need to be an astronomical $72,000,000.
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