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Originally Posted by fleury
Just to also build on that, if you're on the IR, insurance pays your salary, correct? If not, ownership pays? With a frugal ownership group, what are the odds they'd pay a guys high salary just because they're willing to hold out to get higher value. I'd think they've shown their colours over the past few seasons where I doubt they'd pay for subpar performance from their best guy. By Feb at latest I'd venture to guess he'd be out.
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Not all are insured.
Are NHL players insured?
As far is insurance goes, only a handful of player's salaries on each team are covered by the NHLs insurance program and that comes with limitations, for instance when the Columbus Blue Jackets signed Nathan Horton to a 7 year-37 Million dollar contract in 2013, he was ineligible to be covered by insurance because of a previous injury.
Also, what gives you the impression that the owners are cheap and won't pay as agreed? They spend to the cap every year in a smaller market and can you name one player who they have moved because they didn't want to pay him?