abo9
Registered User
- Jun 25, 2017
- 9,101
- 7,196
LeBrun seems to forget the letter and warning teams received before the playoffs started last season. This will NOT be allowed anymore. The NHL will go over his medicals, and won’t allow any funny business IF the player plans on returning for the playoffs. Several players had to be taken off LTIR before the playoffs started last season EVEN if their time frame for return went longer.
They won’t get away with just saying 4-6 months anymore. He’ll be forced to be activated before the playoffs, if they believe he’ll return.
They’d be playing with fire if they try it, and the league is just looking for someone to test them on this, so they can drop the hammer….
I kinda have the feeling that players need to be in pretty solid shape for the NHL to be able to force them into playing.
In the sense that, Hamilton might come back for game 1 of the playoffs, yet not be medically cleared yet enough for the NHL to say anything about him not playing in the RS.