supercanuck
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- Mar 2, 2016
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NHL contracts are insured against injury so if the player is injured, they receive their salary but the team doesn't actually pay the money out of their pocket. Ferland's contract, if it is uninsured, actually requires real money. That's why the other contracts are valuable, teams increase their LTIR space but don't actually have to pay any salary to do so.
It's still mindboggling that Benning signed an uninsurable player for 4 years.
Side question: How many current players are uninsured?