That sucks - wonder why they waited so long to do the surgery?
Sucks for Greene.
Wonder if he will be able to come back from this eventually.
Said it at the time, should have signed Mitchell over Greene.
I think it's time Greene started thinking about retiring. Greene will be 33 years of age this coming May. The game is already passed him up speed wise.
Greene would probably make a really good coach sometime down the line.
I think it's time Greene started thinking about retiring. Greene will be 33 years of age this coming May. The game is already passed him up speed wise.
Greene would probably make a really good coach sometime down the line.
He can just Pronger it up. He should claim carpal tunnel nextThat ain't happening. If a player retires, he doesn't get to collect any salary on his remaining contract. Last I checked, he has two more years besides this season still to go. He's not foregoing on that serious coin, no way.
At $4.25 million for 2 years? Yeah, if Richards gets bought out when they could still do it with no cap hit, it's all great. That clearly wasn't going to happen at the time though.
Part of trading for McNabb was that Lombardi knew Mitchell was going to be leaving for one reason or another. Same way he traded for and then re-signed Regehr knowing Scuderi wanted to go closer to home. Plus Voynov was still here. Martinez and Muzzin needed new deals, and they're both a decade younger than Mitchell. Not to mention Regehr still had a year to play.
Greene was re-signed for three reasons. Relatively cheap, right handed, and a huge leader in the room. If you've got Doughty, Muzzin, Voynov, Martinez, Regehr, Greene, and McNabb as the 7 defenseman, how does Mitchell fit in? Economically. Team-wise, obviously Mitchell seems to be the perfect teammate.
Yeah there is no way a player could retire on LTIR and still get paid by the team and get another job in the NHL and get paid for that as well.That ain't happening. If a player retires, he doesn't get to collect any salary on his remaining contract. Last I checked, he has two more years besides this season still to go. He's not foregoing on that serious coin, no way.
He can just Pronger it up. He should claim carpal tunnel next
That ain't happening. If a player retires, he doesn't get to collect any salary on his remaining contract. Last I checked, he has two more years besides this season still to go. He's not foregoing on that serious coin, no way.
23.4
A Player under an SPC who is disabled and unable to perform his duties as a hockey
Player by reason of an injury sustained during the course of his employment as a hockey Player,
including travel with his team or on business requested by his Club, shall be entitled to receive
his remaining Paragraph 1 Salary and Signing Bonuses due in accordance with the terms of his
SPC for the remaining stated term of his SPC as long as the said disability and inability to
perform continue but in no event beyond the expiration date of the fixed term of his SPC.