Roberts Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Quote Toronto Maple Leafs winger Joffrey Lupul failed his follow-up physical and is now eligible to be placed on long-term injured reserve, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told Sportsnet's Darren Millard. The veteran forward spent the entire 2016-17 season on LTIR, but stirred up questions when he called the Leafs cheaters for how they used the designation, hinting at the fact that he was indeed healthy enough to play. Now that Lupul has undergone an independent evaluation of his status and been deemed unfit to play, the Leafs have the option of placing him on LTIR, which would result in his $5.25-million salary for the 2017-18 season not counting against Toronto's salary cap. Lupul has not suited up in an NHL contest since the 2015-16 campaign. https://www.thescore.com/news/1378178 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Clearly he got paid off to fail his second physical. Money talks. Love how the Laughs ownership flexes their wallets to help the team. I wish Aquaman did some more bribing... send a Rolls Royce to the chief of the Old Boys Club! Edit: not to say Aquaman hasn't been generous enough with this team. We have world class facilities and infrastructure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I bet Babcock had good people on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 1 minute ago, Shift-4 said: I bet Babcock had good people on this the Leafs have no excuses not to win the cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantomex Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Somehow I doubt this "independent evaluator" is truly "independent". Something just seems off about this whole story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 1 minute ago, Jimmy McGill said: the Leafs have no excuses not to win the cup Talk to any leaf fan and you would think they already have won the Cup lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 2 minutes ago, Fantomex said: Somehow I doubt this "independent evaluator" is truly "independent". Something just seems off about this whole story. Lupul agent explained to him how much money he would lose if he passed the physical. Its crap, everyone knows it, but what can you do? The NHL isn't a regular business, its a club with its own internal rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 5 minutes ago, Shift-4 said: Talk to any leaf fan and you would think they already have won the Cup lol Last season was Year 1 of The Dynasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 BS, in this case it should still count against the cap, or at least half.. It's not an injury keeping him from playing it's just sheer laziness or corruption. Either way the leafs signed him to a deal and it should count against the cap. Don't overpay players to long term deals if you think you'll run into cap troubles down the road. But hey, ding us with that Luongo deal and while your at it Gary make sure you compound that interest as well. Effing joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 10 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said: Last season was Year 1 of The Dynasty. It's all clear now! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekey Pete Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Time to go buy shares in aluminium foil. It did seem pretty fishy when the leafs own doctor said he was unfit to play, while Lupul was adamant that he was. But now there's been an independent evaluation that confirms what the leafs originally claimed. Not everything has to be a conspiracy folks. Do you really think the other 30ish team owners wouldn't be up in arms if the league just allowed the leafs to do this? How about the NHLPA? There are a lot of interested stakeholders here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peaches5 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Roberts said: https://www.thescore.com/news/1378178 You knew he would fail all he had to do was say ow that hurt when a doctor pushed on him and it's yep okay not healthy enough to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI5 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Shift-4 said: Talk to any leaf fan and you would think they already have won the Cup lol Or Oilers. Lets hope some big contracts anchor both clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Wellwood who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamJamIam Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 1 hour ago, The Sedge said: Time to go buy shares in aluminium foil. It did seem pretty fishy when the leafs own doctor said he was unfit to play, while Lupul was adamant that he was. But now there's been an independent evaluation that confirms what the leafs originally claimed. Not everything has to be a conspiracy folks. Do you really think the other 30ish team owners wouldn't be up in arms if the league just allowed the leafs to do this? How about the NHLPA? There are a lot of interested stakeholders here. GMs and owners know not to air their dirty laundry in public. The boys club resolves things behind closed doors. Everyone knows this and Lupul was just slow to pick up on that fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekey Pete Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 22 minutes ago, SamJamIam said: GMs and owners know not to air their dirty laundry in public. The boys club resolves things behind closed doors. Everyone knows this and Lupul was just slow to pick up on that fact. Okay, then how about the NHLPA who's mandate it is to serve the interests of its members? They're just gonna lay down because of the "club"? As we've seen in the past, the two sides (NHL vs. NHLPA) aren't afraid to go head to head. Perhaps maybe Lupul doesn't understand what it means to clear a medical exam for the NHL? It certainly seems like there is more to this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamJamIam Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 1 hour ago, The Sedge said: Okay, then how about the NHLPA who's mandate it is to serve the interests of its members? They're just gonna lay down because of the "club"? As we've seen in the past, the two sides (NHL vs. NHLPA) aren't afraid to go head to head. Perhaps maybe Lupul doesn't understand what it means to clear a medical exam for the NHL? It certainly seems like there is more to this story. They'll investigate and if they find something, lobby in Lupul's defense. But that doesn't happen overnight nor in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 10 hours ago, The Sedge said: Time to go buy shares in aluminium foil. It did seem pretty fishy when the leafs own doctor said he was unfit to play, while Lupul was adamant that he was. But now there's been an independent evaluation that confirms what the leafs originally claimed. Not everything has to be a conspiracy folks. Do you really think the other 30ish team owners wouldn't be up in arms if the league just allowed the leafs to do this? How about the NHLPA? There are a lot of interested stakeholders here. Part of Lupul's salary is also covered by insurance. So really what people are saying is that two doctors would risk their medical licenses to commit insurance fraud so that the Leafs could gain some cap relief that they don't even need. According to capfriendly they are compliant without placing Lupul on LTIR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 29 minutes ago, Toews said: Part of Lupul's salary is also covered by insurance. So really what people are saying is that two doctors would risk their medical licenses to commit insurance fraud so that the Leafs could gain some cap relief that they don't even need. According to capfriendly they are compliant without placing Lupul on LTIR. Come on now, we already know that for years doctors pepped players up on any drugs they'd 'need' to get themselves onto the ice every day. I'm not saying there's definitely something shady going on here, but it isn't as far fetched as you'd have people believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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