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Old 09-16-2021, 10:44 AM   #3105
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Originally Posted by fleury View Post
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.
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?
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