League News: NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) | 2024-25 Summer Edition

[895]

My theory is that he owns some unsavoury people a lot of money so he has valid reasons to fear for his safety if he were to show up in Vegas.

All parties involved just came together kill this thing before it gets any bigger.

 

[trick9]

Devils win 4-1.

Malenstyn played 6:55 and NAK 5:45.

They miss Washington already.

 

[um]

Devils win 4-1.

Malenstyn played 6:55 and NAK 5:45.

They miss Washington already.

NAK took another useless offensive zone penalty. Don’t miss that.

 

[g00n]

Different. Vegas is wholly free of the cap hit as if it never existed. Caps on the other hand can spend more, but they can't bank anything toward the deadline.

I think this is awful. I'm sorry for what Lehner is dealing with, but there are mechanisms in the CBA for when a player is either too unwell to play or simply doesn't show up. There's precisely zero reasons that those should not have applied in this case.

I haven't read anything about the situation so I could be 100% wrong, and I'm going by context, but the league "breaking" its own rules for something involving a "mental health" issue suggests there might be some concern about liability.