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Old 01-25-2014, 08:52 PM   #144
Drury18
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Originally Posted by sureLoss View Post
How many NHLers demoted to the AHL terminated their contract for pride?

Sykora was the only one I can think of and that was so he could negotiate a cap friendlier deal with a playoff team as he planned to retire soon.

Souray and Redden took their lumps and took the money rather than play in the NHL.

I know some European players do it, but thats because they want to go home and/or have a richer contract waiting for them in Europe.
Gilbert Brule did it with the Coyotes a couple of weeks ago.
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