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Originally Posted by trancehead
AV should keep his medical comments to himself. Guys a fucking moron in this regard, just like how he handled the cody hodgson situation
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I'm no AV fan. The ironic thing is that AV IS/WAS just coaching. It's the medical staff's job to say whether a player is able to play or not. If Kesler was cleared to play by the medical staff and himself, then the coach expects a certain level of performance from the player. If the player isn't at that level, then coach can certainly say that he expected more from the player, call him out, whatever. If we believe the injury was affecting his performance, then he shouldn't have been cleared to play. It's not AV's job to say that since Kesler is only 70% healthy, its ok that he perform at 70%.
With Lu, he has an out clause in his contract during year 5 and year 7 regarding only the NTC. In year 5, he can ask for a trade and submit a list of teams (why bother with this clause if he's in fact asked for a trade already?). In year 7, the team can ask for a trade and ask him to submit a list of teams. The out clause does not mean that he or the team can walk away from the long term contract. I also haven't read anything concrete about his NTC being voided if he gets traded, just floated around online.