Kipper has the right to retire whenever he wants - that's his prerogative. Perhaps he was open to being traded and would retire at season's end anyways and the Leafs backed out. That's a possibility.
I don't really like how he was granted a free NTC but that's more a gripe with management than Kipper.
MacDonald should get the bulk of the starts the rest of the way. He's been the better goalie
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