Thread: Rule 5 ?
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Old 12-08-2013, 05:33 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by le receveur View Post
i thought the player could then just be traded? so if the team doesn`t want it back, couldn`t they just agree to trade him of $1, or future considerations? and then the claiming team owns the rights outright?
A trade would still require the outright assignment waiver since the player would be removed from one club's 40-man roster and placed on another's. The club taking the player would have to abide by the Rule 5 requirement and keep the player on its active roster for the season.
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