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Originally Posted by rubecube
But again, how does this concern Kipper? The team isn't acting in his interests by trading him, why should he agree to act in theirs?
I have no problem with players privately asking for a trade. Publically demanding one is different.
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Because part of the reasons the Flames pay Kipper is he has trade value. As somone else pointed out, being moved is part of the job and part of the reality you accept as an NHL player and part of why you get paid. It's why players forgo dollars to negotiate NMC / NTC. Kipper is being paid right now at a rate that was agreed to by both parties and that an NMC or NTC wasn't required for that value.
Kipper is an NHL player with a contract. If he's ready to retire, which I agree is his choice, then that means he should be ready to retire from the NHL in the way his contract was written. If he's only ready to retire if he's not on the Flames, then he's not really ready to retire then, and all he's doing is finding the way to change the terms of his NHL contract after the major terms of that contract that benefited him have already passed?
As I think you said, let's not discuss personal, so let's treat this as a business deal which it is. Tell me how what Kipper has done (if true) is ethical from a business stand point?