Well not only that I'm not sure its the kind of injuries you can make better and really come back from even if the effort was there.
In terms of LTIR, Philly has Ellis on LTIR as well. Are they going to be able to operate u see the cap even with Ellis contract if they are successful with this termination?"Why not both" meme probably fits best. He has had some pretty bad injuries over the years, the one he got in the playoffs in 2017, we thought maybe he had a ruptured achilles in last year with the Preds, but it turned out not to have been ruptured. Anyway, I don't doubt stuff has taken a toll and he is physically diminished. He claims his hip injury is too bad to play (conveniently diagnosed after being sent to the minors by Philly, despite that he could play through it with Colorado). Philly apparently accepted that. At the time in letting him not report to the AHL, later in not pursuing a buyout, and right up until he started doing dance moves at his wedding? They were ok with LTIRing him and accepting his injured status. But at the same time, spotting grounds for material breach and termination was a bonus opportunity for them to save that LTIR hassle (plus whatever leftover amount insurance wasn't covering?)
He's probably "hurting". Which lots of veteran players are. To what extent he could play through it (in his case probably very ineffectively), vs. sit out on LTIR, I don't know. But according to him and his agent he needs surgery, they have consulted on that with Philly staff and third party doctors, and he actually had hip surgery scheduled at the time of termination. So I think it's fair to believe there is indeed an injury.
No he did not. Dubois wasn't even eligible for a NTC or NMC while he was in Columbus
Whoosh.
Kind of seems like a way a club can wiggle out of a contract. What if a club needed cap space and tried this to clear room? Seems like the idea a contract can be terminated by the club first is wrong. Should be a process where the contract stays in place until the union and club present their cases to an arbitrator.
lol, seemed fine the day before in Colorado
I understand all that. I was asking because someone was claiming that Philly knew about the injury before the trade and that if it were true that they didn't, the league would have undone the trade.
A video of him back checking will be more than enough evidence he's too injured to actually play hockey.
The Preds would have a keen eye on this process. An extra $4 million in Cap space could open them up to making more moves.
