Would ECHL players rather keep playing pro hockey through summer?

[JMCx4]

Wait until he finds out how much the worker's comp insurance will cost. Who knows, it may not even be available at all down there. Since they don't have professional hockey, insurers won't have any idea how to price out coverage.

OP: "I reckon most go back home to some sort of temporary labor job until the season starts up in September again. Would they rather have summer jobs like that or keep getting paid playing hockey in the southern hemisphere winter?"

Tryout recruits at Patagonia Immigration: "We are ECHL players, you know, professional hockey players. ... Worker's compensation insurance? We ain't got no insurance. We don't need no insurance. I don't have to show you any stinkin' insurance!"