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If Eriksson thought that he was being misused in Vancouver and thought a change of scenery could revitalize his career and get him a similar paycheck ($2.5M+) elsewhere (i.e. Ilya Kovalchuk), then I could see him going for mutual termination. However, it's pretty clear that Eriksson isn't the offensive player he once was, and isn't worth anywhere near his contract value. He's not going to just walk away from $5M in guaranteed money (he just received his $3M signing bonus for 2020-21 yesterday).