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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Not particularly Kane, but delaying surgery on injuries which cause players pain or otherwise affect their lives seems to me something the PA should be concerned about.
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Originally Posted by dino7c
Also keeping players from being able to play, career stats, future contracts ect.
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Originally Posted by Itse
Others already covered this, but I'll just add that unions kn general tend to be more concerned about overall principles than individuals.
Kind of their job to do exactly that.
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So in Kane’s specific set of circumstances (which is the topic of discussion), what do they stand to gain by filing a grievance?
They can’t undo what happened, they can’t realistically sue for damages over earnings that they can’t prove would be lost(especially since he performed at his usual level once he did return) and again filing the grievance probably makes other GMs less likely to want to sign him.
Just seems like something that would be better addressed during the next CBA negotiations if the PA were concerned about it since there is literally nothing to be gained by them or Kane from them taking this route.
I think the most likely explanation for this investigation is that another team or teams were pissed that the oilers were basically gifted Kane being allowed out of his San Jose deal and were further frustrated them taking it a step further and playing the LTIR cap circumvention game.