The unfortunate part is that the contract is an 8 mill anchor on the Sens too for the next 7 years. It's impossible to plan around a team cap structure when you have an 8 mill guy in and out of the lineup regularly.
Doesn't he leave all that money on the table if he voluntarily retires?
I was thinking about this as well. My memory told me that if he retires, he doesn’t receive the money specified in his contract. So, I checked to make sure, and found this. With regards to a summary, you could say this is a bad & unfortunate situation for the team & player.
Guys under contract don't retire, they LTIRetire.
I thought maybe he'd be moved to Arizona to LTIRetire but not with the real salary left on his deal.
Ya, I guess I was thinking in the context that he's medically cleared, but based on the scenario discussed, that would be unlikely to be the case. Nor does it seem to matter with how some of these teams handle it, seems like it'd be up to Josh and he can step away and collect.
Yeah I saw that too. Played timid. Not going to the dirty areas and trying too much to anticipate contact. No one-timers either.
Medically cleared is a bit of a nebulous concept imo; he can be medically cleared, with the understanding that he's at a high risk to re-injure the shoulder and have it impact his quality of life in a significant way going forward, for example. If he isn't comfortable with the elevated level of risk associated with playing, is he really cleared? From an insurance perspective, it gets muddier, but for the league to let him remain on LTIR, I can't see them challenging it
Ya I think you're right. It's a detail that doesn't really apply to these scenarios where quality of life is potentially a question mark.
How much cap space the Senators will have will depend on how close they are to the cap ceiling on the opening day of the regular season.
Assuming you are neither his doctor nor Josh Norris, I’m not sure where the assumption that “it’s the best situation for everyone involved” comes from.
