The Pittsburgh Penguins tried to reacquire Carl Hagelin at the trade deadline. The problem? You can't do that.
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18. In the days leading up to Carl Hagelin’s trade to Washington, Pittsburgh tried to re-acquire the winger. Before the trade was submitted for Central Registry approval, someone noticed that the Penguins were ineligible to do it. They traded him to Los Angeles on Nov. 28 and retained salary. A team can not bring back any such player for one year after the initial move.
Not only does Jim Rutherford not appear to know the rules of the CBA, but what is the point of trying to reacquire a player you got rid of just a few months ago? Does this guy have any sort of plan? There doesn't appear to be any kind of direction with the player personnel moves these days.
Instead of just keeping Carl Hagelin he traded him away to get a player in Tanner Pearson that didn't fit at all with the Penguins. A player who had extra term on their contract. He then traded his Pearson faux pas to the Canucks for an even worse mistake in Erik Gudbranson. Then he tries to get Hagelin again?
Although, it is the same GM who mismanaged the cap so bad the team could only dress five defenseman at the end of the 2014-15 season. This was an issue because he wouldn't take the advice of Jason Botterill to not trade for Nick Spaling and instead take a second round pick.
This guy just trades to make trades at this point. There is no rhyme or reason to anything and it shows. It does help to know the rules, too.
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