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Nope none of these work.
the Scenario I see here, Dec 1st we activate him and send him down to the AHL for a 1 month rehab assignment. Most likely he refuses and we then suspend him for the remainder of the season,
In the offseason we mutually terminate his deal, we would end up paying him a settlement of his entire base salary minus bonuses over 8 year (1.875), and he is allowed to go look for another place to play elsewhere. (we use the threat of no buy out and forcing him to play in the minors essentially destroying his career and this is a possibility because no one is claiming his deal off waivers)
then you guys can give him a 1 year 2 mil deal to rehab his image and gives you guys another top notch player to help you compete for a cup.
this works because over the next 3 years if Kane can play and keep the off ice issues at bay he will end up making roughly 3-7 million more than if he stays with the sharks and plays out his existing deal, with the posibiliy of much more if he can reform enough to keep getting 1-2 year deals from teams after these 3 years. this is why he agrees to terminate his deal, its ends up a win win for both sides.
this would be similar to the Richards saga in LA.
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