Lucic will probably just retire instead of being bought out. He cant resign with Calgary and probably wont want to go look for a new home even if he is offered a few contacts

Lucic would rather retire and get nothing vs getting bought out and getting $3.67M? How does that make sense?

Lucic would rather retire and get nothing vs getting bought out and getting $3.67M? How does that make sense?

He retires after his signing bonus so he still gets 3M.

If he retires before the season, he has to pay back the signing bonus.

Hey what's it like being the idiot that wouldn't trade a player scratched in your final game, a B level prospect, a cap dump and a likely pick 25+ 1st round pick for a guy who has a conn smythe, a hart, still is elite, has a connection with your best forward. You guys lost to the lightning in 4 straight (following 2 wins) because your team doesn't have enough elite talent or winning experience. 2 game 7's and a 4 piece to the throat, but hey lets resign kakko and keep nemeth who would cost about what kane would make on a retained deal. GTFO of here. And don't even give me the "we need a 2C" argument, when an elite first line winger is worth more and chytil could easily be that guy or you could still resign copp with some savvy.

Well I just checked the entire CBA and can't find that anywhere. Even if it was a thing he could just retire to LTIR like Seabrook did last year

It happened to Shipachyov when he retired from Vegas to go back to Russia.

Shipachyov retires from NHL, can return to play in Russia

He'd get to keep the pro-rated amount based on the number of contract days elapsed before his retirement.

Still LTIRetirement would work

You have to be injured to go on LTIR. A sprained shoulder isn't exactly career ending.