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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
As with Hossa he never intended to play the last years of the contract where his salary dropped considerably. You don't go from playing 25 minutes a game in 22 playoff games to not being able to play anymore unless it's salary related because if he was due to get paid $6 million he would have suited up for the Habs this season. It's a good deal for the players as they still get paid for not playing and it helps the teams avoid salary cap penalties.
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He was due to get paid 6M. That's what he got. 6M in 2021-2022 where he suited up for a total of 0 games. So either the Canadiens paid him 6M for nothing or they committed insurance fraud ha.