The Tony DeAngelo-Carolina Hurricanes reunion is on the rocks because of a clause in the NHL's collective bargaining agreement.
The team is looking to reacquire the defenseman with a history of disciplinary issues whom it traded away nearly a year ago, but a salary-cap complication is the driving force behind the inability to complete the deal, according to ESPN's Greg Wyshynski.
The agreed-upon transaction had the Hurricanes sending a prospect to the Philadelphia Flyers for DeAngelo, with Philadelphia retaining 50 percent of his salary-cap hit. That means that DeAngelo, who has one year and $5 million remaining on his contract, would only count for $2.