I think Ricky meant the paycheck. Are you only paid after games, or every day you're on the active roster? If it was for the active roster, regardless if he physically leaves Detroit, that's a solid chunk of change to miss out on.A paper transaction means that the player never physically had to go anywhere, and surely he would have known the difference. He even said in an interview that he only went to GR during that time to go to his apartment.