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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Totally different situations. Kipper is at the end of his career, speculation running rampant that he will retire after this season. He's merely saying, he'll retire early if traded. Do you really think someone like Stamkos, or Malkin, or Ovechkin would say "don't trade me or I'll retire" while they're still in their 20's? Not a chance. This is no worse than Montreal wanting to sit Gomez so he didn't injure himself so they could buy him out. By your logic Montreal should've been forced to play him because he signed a contract to play hockey for the team.
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A contract is a contract. By my logic there is nothing that was in Gomez's contract that said he couldn't be a healthy scratch any given night so I don't know why you would say something as ignorant as that. If a team is paying a guy, they can play him or not play him if they want. As long as he was getting paid, the canadians could do whatever they wanted and they wouldn't have violated the CONTRACT between the player and the team. If Kipper refuses to play for anyone elese even though his contract says he should, he's in violation.
How would you feel if we were offered a first round pick and a prospect for Stempniak and he pulled this? He's under contract, he's done a lot for the Flames this year. What if a deal was in place for Ovechkin and he said that if he's traded, he'd go to russia? Wouldn't that be a violation of his contract?