What did Philly expect? They had to know asking/expecting a vet like RyJo to go to the AHL was never going to work. RyJo isn't stupid, he and his agent were going to do anything and everything to make sure that it didn't happen, even if it meant go the injured route. The last thing RyJo was going to do was report to the AHL.lol. The Flyers sought to trade him; then they waived him and wanted him to go to the AHL. Johansen bummed around before showing up in Philly and then told them when he arrived he was injured:
Philly made a bad trade, tried to wiggle around it, and got the injured card. They have to deal with it. If they can prove his hip injury actually occurred as a non hockey injury they might have a case. Good luck with that.
Players get "injured" all the time and go on LTIR, look at Mark Stone. What I don't understand is why Philly is going through this process, just LTIR him, pay him his like 4M or whatever portion he's owed by Philly and move the f*** on. If you are a NHL owner and can't eat 4M, then you probably shouldn't be an owner. If it's the principle they are going after, then whatever. I guess whatever floats your boat.
Trying to prove he got a non hockey injury and going the material breach of contract route which will end in a dollar amount settlement anyways, seems insane. Just accept you made a dumb/bad trade pay the guy and move on.