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Old 09-23-2021, 12:09 PM   #58
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Originally Posted by Beatle17 View Post
I understand and somewhat agree with you, but what does the team get out of that type of situation. They have committed $10M per season for a player to perform. Because he is injured and doesn't like the CBA agreed upon medical situation he opts out, gets the surgery he wants and becomes a free agent, the team gets nothing. So why would the member teams of the NHL agree to that clause?
The players would need to be the ones to fight for it in the next CBA. This situation will probably be long forgotten by that time though.
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