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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
There's some really interesting stuff in there about insurance and injuries, and a lot related to Eichel's situation. Eichel has the opportunity to have his injury reviewed through binding arbitration, but has not elected to do so. Red flag? The language says that the team's doctors and the player's doctors will meet and determine whether the player can return to action. If they cannot agree the league and NHLPA will agree on a third party to consult and make the final binding determination. This may be why Eichel's camp has not gone the route of launching a grievance or going to arbitration because they are confident the outcome would go against them.
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We are literally talking about Jack's QOL for 5-6 more decades. You don't give up the control you do have until exhausting all other options (such as waiting to see if a team will acquire you with a green light for disk replacement).
I'm sure there are a lot of intricacies related to insurance that impact possible courses of action on each side.
If this ever did go to litigation it would be fascinating and messy.