Dick Rosenthal {l Wrote}:On what grounds would he be subject to waivers? I thought if you are a UFA you can go sign with anyone you want when you want. I was under the impression that his contract with the Bruins expires on July 1. If that is the case, and he is a UFA, what stops him from signing contracts with the KHL that expire on a yearly basis and allow him to jump to the NHL where he can sign pro-rated one year deals that expire at the end of the season. Assuming he can hold his current form I'd bet there would be a pretty brisk market for Jagr for at least two more years.
I don't know the ins and outs of it but the CBA basically says if you are in a non-NHL professional league and sign with an NHL team during the same season on a non-entry level deal you have to clear waivers first. So unless he wants to be subject to waivers every time he signs a contract, your scenario isn't that realistic.