In the past we had similar situations with Pronger, Horton and Savard and from what we recall we kept them active in the league. So we are simply trying to apply that precedent.
I'm not saying that's right. Again this has been changing as there are more examples now of players retiring but not OFFICIALLY retiring, but instead moving to LTIR to continue to collect a pay check. So we need to probably change our approach given that reality.
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