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Originally Posted by PantherExtreme
This is absolutely bang on.
As an employee you work hard while working but in lifestyle decisions you look after yourself. If you stay or go your manager still gets paid, your coworker comes to work and gets paid, you get replaced, no one is effected except you so why do some faceless corp a favor and move or do something you dont like for years out of your life? Way to go kipper!
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That is one way to look at it. The other is that he is a party to a guaranteed employment contract. Kipper has been a solid player, one of the better goalies in the league, but during the times when he didn't display his "A" game, he still received his full salary. Part of the responsibility that comes with accepting guaranteed funds is also accepting the terms that come with that money. He does not have an ntc at this point, and thus is subject to being traded. He's making his play, which is his right, but understand that he accepting the benefits of his deal without honoring it's responsibilities.
Athletes do this all the time, so this should come as a surprise to nobody. I do see Kipper's side, but as a family man myself I think I would have to tell my family we're just going to have to deal with this for a few months and then reevaluate our situation.
The reality is he probably will not be in the NHL next year and this is his only means to try to get to a team of his choice to take a run at the cup. If this is in fact his motivation then I hope we can all say BRAVO KIPPER and Best of Luck. (Hope somehow you and Iggy can win it together)