Imo it was the Leafs getting caught red-handed cheating the system. It's not just that he said he and the Leafs were cheating the system, but the guy was even snowboarding while supposedly injured.
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I remember he also said things like that he was ready to play, etc. It was like he didn't want to be on LTIR anymore. He played on some bad rosters and I think he wanted to play with the improved roster. The thing ended with him shutting up and failing another physical. I do wonder if that was a case where the league circled the wagons for the good of everyone leagued wide and snuffed the whole thing. All it would take is some kind of threat to Lupul, like taking him to court and bleeding him dry with litigation, and maybe even pinning blame on him for the whole thing.
He likely had a playable injury, so it was a case where if he would get on board and say the right things he could fail a physical just based on what he said