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Originally Posted by The Cobra
So we know that the Blue Jackets are required to pay out the remainder of the money owed to Johnny. The contract is guaranteed unless Johnny broke its terms, like the morality clause. Getting killed by an idiot is not a reason to void that obligation. You can’t void that obligation if a player gets injured, unless he was involved in an activity prohibited by that contract.
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Injured and killed are not the same thing.
As GioforPM correctly points out, an employment contract is ended by the death of the employee. The money is guaranteed only in the case of a hockey-related injury.
If a player's death did not break the contract, there would be no need for the CBA to have a clause requiring insurance to pay the survivors.