On the surface, the Weber for Subban swap is a clear win for Nashville. But could Philadelphia's meddling turn this trade into a loss?
Salary cap recapture was implemented to deal with certain contracts being frontloaded, with the assumption that the player would retire with a few years left on the deal, with the player gaining more money than the AAV. Ilya Kovalchuk, Marc Savard, Chris Pronger, Marian Hossa, Henrik Zetterberg, Mike Richards, and Roberto Luongo are among the number of high profile players to have signed these now illegal deals.