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Originally Posted by corporatejay
Do you guys realize that this is a human being not a robot or a piece of meat. He doesn't want to play in buffalo, he shouldn't have to. He's made 25 million USD in his life, if he's not happy then why should he play out his contract, to make some anonymous hockey fans happy. Get real.
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Because he knew the risks of signing an NHL contract that didn’t protect him from a trade. There are very few downsides to making millions in the NHL, having to travel all year and being at risk to end up in any of the 31 NHL markets during your contract is one of them. His eyes were wide open to that when he accepted the dough.....honor your contract.
To your point about being a piece of meat, fair. But again NHL players are compansated very generously, and one of the reasons is they aren’t just simple employees, they are both assets to the teams and league and also the product. Again in my mind you can’t have your cake and eat it too, accept the downsides of your very lucrative job or don’t even bother in the first place.