Something occurred to me when reading one of the doldrums-of-summer speculations on the next expansion draft, and it got me started wondering what the current rules are for including cash in trades.
I fully understand that the old days of blockbuster trades including, e.g., "... and $10+ million in cash" have been banned, but does that mean all cash consideration is always banned down to the most trivial trade?
Given that Vegas did so much dealing up to the last expansion draft on the lines of "give us X and we'll select Y" or "give us A and we won't select B or C when you leave them unprotected" can wealthy teams sweeten such offers to the expansion franchise with cash included? Wealthy teams are free -- providing they stay within the cap limits -- to retain payroll in trades, much to the cash-flow improvement of poorer teams. But what about straight up "player N, pick P, ... plus $500K cash if you don't select our young defenseman Z"?
I fully understand that the old days of blockbuster trades including, e.g., "... and $10+ million in cash" have been banned, but does that mean all cash consideration is always banned down to the most trivial trade?
Given that Vegas did so much dealing up to the last expansion draft on the lines of "give us X and we'll select Y" or "give us A and we won't select B or C when you leave them unprotected" can wealthy teams sweeten such offers to the expansion franchise with cash included? Wealthy teams are free -- providing they stay within the cap limits -- to retain payroll in trades, much to the cash-flow improvement of poorer teams. But what about straight up "player N, pick P, ... plus $500K cash if you don't select our young defenseman Z"?
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