Youngsters getting injured long-term while on a call-up

[Number 57]

Hello I was just wondering something. What happens when a player called-up from the AHL (where he usually gets paid around $60,000 per year) for a game gets injured, and has to be put on injury reserve by the NHL team. What happens from that point on? Does he get his full NHL-salary? Does he keep getting an AHL salary? Who pays for it, insurance or the NHL team's owner?

What if a young player is injured during training camp, and cannot go down to the AHL for 3-4 months or something? Does he get his NHL salary even though he wasnt even supposed to make the squad?

I was just thinking this because Lucas Lessio got injured in a call-up with Montreal recently and may be out long term. He played all year in the AHL so far. He must be pretty darn happy in a way to be injured while in Montreal, if he is getting a full pay...

So how does this work exactly?

 

[LeafsNation75]

I believe he gets paid whatever his NHL salary is since he got injured during an NHL game. A few years ago on the Leafs I remember Darryl Boyce getting injured after playing one game with them after being re-called from the Toronto Marlies, he was placed on the IR and received an NHL salary.

 

[LadyStanley]

If a player is in NHL and injured, he's put on IR (LTIR only eligible if he'll miss 20+ days or 10+ games, which means teams can spend "above" cap up to $$ they're paying to injured player).

He receives his NHL salary (if on two-way deal) until he's well enough to be activated from IR and assigned to AHL.

 

[cheswick]

Hello I was just wondering something. What happens when a player called-up from the AHL (where he usually gets paid around $60,000 per year) for a game gets injured, and has to be put on injury reserve by the NHL team. What happens from that point on? Does he get his full NHL-salary? Does he keep getting an AHL salary? Who pays for it, insurance or the NHL team's owner?

He receives his full NHL salary until he's cleared to play. The team would likely be paying for it. They have some players contracts insured, but a fringe player would likely not be in that group.

What if a young player is injured during training camp, and cannot go down to the AHL for 3-4 months or something? Does he get his NHL salary even though he wasnt even supposed to make the squad?

In this case it depends. If he played in 50 or more games the previous season, he receives his full NHL salary. In other cases he receives a proportional salary based on how many days he was on the NHL roster the previous season. ie If he was on the NHL roster the previous year for 25% of the season (based on days on roster over length of season in days), he would receive a salary that's 25% of his NHL salary and 75% AHL salary.

 

[tony d]

Yeah, he got injured in the NHL he would get his NHL salary.

 

[Djp]

Hello I was just wondering something. What happens when a player called-up from the AHL (where he usually gets paid around $60,000 per year) for a game gets injured, and has to be put on injury reserve by the NHL team. What happens from that point on? Does he get his full NHL-salary? Does he keep getting an AHL salary? Who pays for it, insurance or the NHL team's owner?

What if a young player is injured during training camp, and cannot go down to the AHL for 3-4 months or something? Does he get his NHL salary even though he wasnt even supposed to make the squad?

I was just thinking this because Lucas Lessio got injured in a call-up with Montreal recently and may be out long term. He played all year in the AHL so far. He must be pretty darn happy in a way to be injured while in Montreal, if he is getting a full pay...

So how does this work exactly?

Its OSHA/workmans compensation laws---a player gets injured while with the nhl club either in training camp or on call up he is paid NHL salary by the team.

If he is a junior player, his injured time does not count against his contract time in terms of burning his entry year and thus preventing his contract slide.

The reason Guhle on Buffalo was one of the few non 1st round picks to be still left in the NHL was because he was injured.

As far as insurance---that usually is placed on players who get long term high aying contracts wher they could be out extended periods of time.

Likely Opril has some sort of insurance attached to his contract thus Washington would get some money back from what htey paid him during his LTIR placement.

 

[mouser]

Likely Opril has some sort of insurance attached to his contract thus Washington would get some money back from what htey paid him during his LTIR placement.

Orpik's contract is probably insured, though I recall reading in the past there is a threshold of 30-40 games that a player has to miss before insurance kicks in. So Washington is unlikely to collect much of anything from insurance on him if he returns soon as reported.