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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
If Lucic was going to retire wouldn't he have to pay back that bonus he's already been paid since he will not have played in the final year of the contract? So really his wage for this year is 4 million and not 1. So it's not like these deals where the total compensation for the final year was 1 million hence the player retiring. The overall compensation is still significant.
If thats the case, no chance he retires and he intends to play. He might have value to a team with lots of cap space as they can get him cheap and sell for a profit at the deadline. But I don't see a fit with the Bruins at this point unless you take back more problem money off their cap this year and next type of thing.
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No.
The bonus was to be paid on July 1st 2022. He was paid on that day, and that's done and over.
He's now just owed $1M between now and the end of this contract. If he retires, he forgoes the $1M in salary that he's contractually owed to earn throughout the season...he's not retiring though, so there's no point in discussing it. I'd also be somewhat surprised if he retires after this coming season as well. I'd bet he gets another year with somewhere he wants to be on a cheap salary (Boston? Calgary?)