Ossi Vaananen

Or how they sent Huet's garbage contract to France?!

@Hairy Kneel

You could hire Burrows but you will have to compensate him by giving him the same amount of dollars that other coaches in the same position are being paid. Since he is owed 3M, you would basically have to fire Willie and make Burrows your head coach.

@Nuxfanabroad

You can still loan players to Switzerland or France. But you will still have the salary on your books and hence you will still have the cap hit on your books. The Hawks could have sent Huet to th AHL and still gotten rid of his entire cap hit under the old CBA. They didn't benefit anymore from him playing in Europe than if he had stayed in NA.

Different CBA, different rules. But they apply to every single team. The CBA rules don't change for the Hawks. 

I hate the blackhawks so much.... and it has a lot to do with crap like this that just helps them stay contenders no matter what. ffssss