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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Kiprusoff has told the (Finnish) press he is retiring. That doesn't need to be official. Filing the papers is only a formality. Evidently he is in no hurry to do it, probably because he's on vacation and has nothing to lose by waiting till September.
As I pointed out earlier, being retired from hockey is not an official status. Filing retirement papers is, but it is not the same thing. Kovalchuk filed retirement papers, but is going to keep playing in the KHL. Kiprusoff did not file retirement papers, but he has announced that he isn't going to play anymore. Which of the two is retired? According to your thinking, it's Kovalchuk — but he only filed those papers to get out of his NHL contract. Common sense says it's Kiprusoff.
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Not interested in getting into your argument of retiring vs retired. But for Kipper, filing the papers may not only be a formality but it is a necessity.
The fact is Kipper is still under contract to the Calgary Flames. He can take as long as he wants to decide whether he wants to continue his career, but if Kipper doesn't file retirement papers with the league, the Flames will either have to grant Kipper leave, keep his cap hit, and continue paying Kipper or suspend Kipper for not reporting the way the Ducks suspended Neidermayer when Neidermayer was trying to decide whether to continue his career.