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Colonel_Green

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Forum: NHL TradesAug. 15 at 2:21 p.m.
Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 10 at 4:43 p.m.
Thread: San Jose Sharks signed Filip Zadina (1 Year / $1,100,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jr400</b></div><div>
What I don't understand is how he got here. CapFriendly says his contract was terminated by Detroit. Obviously that made him a UFA, but how can a team terminate a guy's contract without buying him out? The last time I remember a team terminating a contract was when Evander Kane faked a covid test or something like that, which I assume violated something in the contract terms which allowed the team to walk away from it. Does anybody know under what conditions a team can terminate a player's contract? What did Zadina do to get his contract terminated without Detroit having to buy out the remaining two years? (I know it was past the buyout window, but I thought that meant they were stuck with him until the next buyout window if nobody else wanted to take on his contract.)</div></div>
A player and team can mutually agree to terminate their contract at any time. In this case, Zadina didn't want to play in the AHL, so he asked to terminate, and the Red Wings assented.
Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 5 at 11:50 p.m.
Thread: Montreal Canadiens signed David Reinbacher (3 Years / $2,116,667 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Not_Isles5513</b></div><div>My issue with the signing is that they didn’t take Michov. It just seems like Hughes and Gorton has done everything they can to minimize the impact of their top picks. After all, the five guys taken immediately after Slafkovsky are all better than the former #1 overall pick. Then you have the Dach and Newhook trades where Montreal overpaid for non-premium talents. Franchise looks like a mess rn imo.</div></div>
Who turns out to be the best of the high picks in the 2022 draft remains to be seen. They aimed for the BPA.

In what world did they overpay for Dach? Pretty much everyone loves the Dach acquisition, which effectively cost them one of their many left D prospects or the chance to pick 13OA in a relatively weak draft year; the chances that Nazar or whoever else they could have picked at that rank turn out to be not as good as Dach are high.