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The NHL and NHL Players Association have come to an agreement on players being forced to stay home for salary cap reasons this season. According to TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun of ESPN.com, teams are now eligible to exercise an "accelerated compliance buyout" on one player with a salary cap hit of $3 million or more before the regular season begins on Saturday. If a compliance buyout is used this week, a team will have only one left to use next summer. That could be good news for players such as Scott Gomez and Wade Redden, two players who are not playing this season because if they got injured, their teams could not buy them out after the season. According to TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie, in order for a player to be bought out this week, he still must clear waivers first. He says to assume that Redden and Gomez will be put on waivers on Wednesday. Speaking on Cybulski and Company on TSN Radio 1050, Reddens agent Don Meehan explained what this means for his client in the coming days. "If New York exercises their rights under this agreement then Redden would be in a position where hed be placed on waivers, and if he cleared waivers hed then have an opportunity of accepting a buyout or being loaned," Meehan told TSN 1050. "If he accepted the buyout hed be in a position to look to any other opportunity that he may have in the NHL for employment." Meehan said he couldnt speculate on any interest in Redden because the defenceman is still Rangers property, but did allow his client would welcome a chance to continue his NHL career this year. "Yes, (he) is anxious to resume play in the NHL. If the opportunity affords itself hed very much like that." Team will take the full cap hit on such players this season, less the $900,000 for not burying the player in the minors, but suffer no cap hit next season or beyond. Teams would pay out 100 per cent of a players actual salary this year and two-thirds or one-third (as applicable) over twice the remaining term of the contract and the player is free to sign elsewhere. However, theres no actual benefit to the teams to take this plan of action other than as a favour to the player to perhaps allow them to sign with another team right away. In the new collective bargaining agreement, teams were permitted two compliance buyouts after this season or next season. Cheap Jerseys From China . -- Ryan Grant isnt bitter. Wholesale Jerseys . Since being signed on Dec. 16, the 6-foot-9 McGuire has appeared in nine games. Hes averaged 2.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and an assist in 16 minutes per game. http://www.cheapchinajerseys.us.com/ . Nestor and Belarussian partner Max Mirnyi defeated American Ryan Harrison and Australian Matthew Ebden 6-4, 6-4 to advance. Cheap Jerseys China . 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He hit Morales on the right side of the head with a sharp left hook, and climbed the ropes in triumph while awaiting the official announcement. "I noticed when I was backing him up with the jabs a little bit and when I was in the pocket hit with a hook one time," Garcia said. "My dad was like, You slapped him with a hook. So the second time I was backing him up. He was trying to take me to the body so I just stood in the pocket. I just turned my whole body. I hit him with a perfect left hook and it landed." Garcia remained unbeaten despite connecting on 26 per cent of his 220 punches thrown. He dominated in power punching, by landing 47-of-91, including nine of his final 13 that led to his latest win. The 24-year-old Philadelphia native had his second fourth-round knockout in three months. On July 14, he stopped Amir Khan in his first title defence, winning that fight with the same punch that stopped Morales. "I showed him too much respect in the first fight," Garcia said. "You see the first fight, I thought this fight would be more of a war. I never duck anybody. I fought Khan and no one gave me a cchance.dddddddddddd. Keep lining them up and Ill knock them down." Morales (52-9) failed two random tests this month because of the diet supplement clenbuterol. He blamed the results on tainted meat, then passed a third test this week and remained on the card. "Mentally when I found out that his urine was dirty, I was like thats we took the test and Im not going to do it," Garcia said. "I wanted a fair fight. But when I woke up in the morning, my mom told my dad that I should fight because she had a gut feeling that I would win. So I listened to my mom and I went on with the fight." Morales, who has held the super bantamweight, featherweight, super featherweight and junior welterweight titles, was fighting for the first time on the East Coast and lost for third time in his last four fights. "I was prepared to come in and fight but I couldnt get it done," Morales said. "I couldnt get my movement." Morales said that he wants to fight one more time in his hometown of Tijuana, Mexico, and retire. The fight marked the return of championship boxing to Brooklyn for the first time in more than 80 years and the card had a Brooklyn feel to it. Leading into the main event was an undercard featuring Brooklyn natives Paulie Malignaggi and Peter Quillan, who each won their fights. According to Showtime boxing analyst and historian Steve Farhood, these were the first title fights in Brooklyn since Aug. 5, 1931, at Ebbets Field when light-heavyweight champion Maxie Rosenbloom retained his title with a 15-round decision over Jimmy Slattery. Brooklyn natives Mike Tyson and Zab Judah were in attendance along with Nets point guard Deron Williams. The crowd was announced at 11,112. ' ' '
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