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Originally Posted by dissentowner
I am not saying he shouldn't be payed his money, I am saying he is retired, not LTIR. My only issue is with salary cap, regardless of when his contract was signed or if the Wings get cap relief either way it continues to set a precedent that players who are never going to play again can be shelved on LTIR for cap space. That is wrong. If a player is not going to play again or has no chance of playing again he is retired.
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Except in this instance there is no benefit to the Wings for him being on LTIR as opposed to retiring. It's actually more an inconvenience to place him on LTIR instead of the player retiring (pre-season cap structure, actually paying him $$$). It would be BETTER for the Wings if Zetterberg retired. They would avoid paying him, AND his cap hit would be nullified.
And at the end of the day, I'm sure Detroit would rather have him playing 60-82 games a year at his current cap hit than not play at all. The guy still has game.