Brian Burke felt the NHL's salary cap system had a significant inadequacy: That it restricted the ability for general managers to make trades, because the CBA had eliminated the option for two teams to share the financial burden of a large contract in making a deal. "We're paralyzed. It's almost impossible to make deals, and I think trades are healthy for our business," said Burke … … back when he was GM of the Anaheim Ducks. In 2007. So yeah, the battle between the general managers and the Collective Bargaining Agreement's restrictions on moving contracts has been waged for quite a while. With the GM talks coming up this week in Boca Raton, it's expected that "salary sharing" will be a topic of conversation — just in time for the next CBA negotiations this summer. Should teams be allowed to share the salary of a traded player, or does that run counter to the spirit of a salary capped league?
