The summer of 2013 has been, shall we say, uncharacteristically quiet for the New York Rangers and their general manager Glen Sather. The 69-year-old joined the Rangers in 2000, and basically every offseason since has been filled with bold free-agent signings or blockbuster trades.
But Sather didn't have the same financial freedom this time around like he did in the past. And by no means is that because the Madison Square Garden Company is short on funds, but rather because the organization has been restrained by the shackles of the new CBA.
If the league’s three-and-a-half month work stoppage accomplished anything, it was the deliberate impediment of large-market teams who, in truth, structured long-term deals with high-profile players within the legal framework of the previous CBA. Unprecedented clauses, such as the cap-hit recapture penalty, and the hilarious $6 million cap roll back would force teams who actually spend money to use compliance buyouts—effectively embarrassing proud, and in some cases talented, veterans—to erase these heinous contracts.
As a result, small market clubs, such a ...
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