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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
What is your source on a veto? It seems that the IR portion is a medical decision. The LT(IR) is a team/cap decision. I don't see how the player has a say.
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https://cdn.nhlpa.com/img/assets/fil...A_2013_CBA.pdf
Source is the CBA. Section 16.11. Exhibit 28. In order to be on the LTIR, the player first has to be on the IR. Form requires the players signature. Teams cannot just say “I want to ruin this guys career and prevent him from playing so that he can maybe get a new contract because I have a cap problem”. That is why the Flames cannot just say that Lucic is injured and should be on the LTIR. They need his signature to go on the IR.
Even after the signatures of all relevant parties, the league still had the right to challenge it and send it to another doctor. Don’t think they ever do, but that is in the CBA as well.