It pays to hurt and it must hurt to pay
Oct 26, 2004 17:43:21 GMT -5
Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Oct 26, 2004 17:43:21 GMT -5
From the Toronto Star:
Nolan seeks second opinion on knee
Cleared by Leafs and off the payroll
Domi weighing his options on status
KEN CAMPBELL
SPORTS REPORTER
Tie Domi might not be the only player disputing the Leaf medical staff's notion he is healthy and should join the ranks of locked-out NHL players.
Owen Nolan, who was cleared to play by team doctors last week, was in Cleveland yesterday having his surgically repaired knee examined by Dr. Tony Miniacci. Nolan had an MRI and Miniacci reviewed the Leaf medical reports and will likely determine today whether he thinks the club cleared Nolan to play too early.
Should Miniacci — a doctor used frequently by IMG, the agency that represents Nolan — determine that Nolan should not have been cleared to play, the Leafs and Nolan would then have to find an independent doctor to examine him and both sides are bound by that decision.
Much is at stake financially for Nolan, who receives $79,268 (all figures U.S.) for each game the Leafs would have played as long as he is injured. The Leafs would have played five games by now, meaning Nolan would have been paid $396,341.
That comes on the heels of a possible dispute between the Leafs and Domi concerning his health status. The Leafs cleared Domi to play last week after he fully recovered from hip surgery, but there is a question as to whether his injured left hand has fully recovered. Domi is weighing his options and deciding whether he will seek an additional opinion.
Nolan, who has been injured since March 27, had been experiencing fluid buildup in his knee every time he exercised it and there was considerable swelling around the knee joint. He was examined by doctors two weeks ago and was told that the recovery process would be longer than it turned out to be.
Nolan's agent, J.P. Barry, said his client is not formally disputing the Leaf findings yet and that Nolan was simply getting an additional opinion.
"Until we get our full expert analysis, we don't know if we agree or disagree," Barry said.
Goalie Ed Belfour continues to rehabilitate his back injury and Leafs GM John Ferguson said he is close to being cleared. Belfour gets about $73,170 for each game he misses and has accumulated $365,853 so far. Alexander Mogilny is a long-term project after undergoing hip surgery and receives about $67,073 per game that the Leafs haven't played, meaning he has taken in $335,365 so far.
As soon as a player is cleared to play, he can no longer rehab with the team and is a locked-out player. The league's insurance plan stipulates that the team must pay the player's entire salary for the first 30 games of the season, then 80 per cent of the next 52.
Nolan seeks second opinion on knee
Cleared by Leafs and off the payroll
Domi weighing his options on status
KEN CAMPBELL
SPORTS REPORTER
Tie Domi might not be the only player disputing the Leaf medical staff's notion he is healthy and should join the ranks of locked-out NHL players.
Owen Nolan, who was cleared to play by team doctors last week, was in Cleveland yesterday having his surgically repaired knee examined by Dr. Tony Miniacci. Nolan had an MRI and Miniacci reviewed the Leaf medical reports and will likely determine today whether he thinks the club cleared Nolan to play too early.
Should Miniacci — a doctor used frequently by IMG, the agency that represents Nolan — determine that Nolan should not have been cleared to play, the Leafs and Nolan would then have to find an independent doctor to examine him and both sides are bound by that decision.
Much is at stake financially for Nolan, who receives $79,268 (all figures U.S.) for each game the Leafs would have played as long as he is injured. The Leafs would have played five games by now, meaning Nolan would have been paid $396,341.
That comes on the heels of a possible dispute between the Leafs and Domi concerning his health status. The Leafs cleared Domi to play last week after he fully recovered from hip surgery, but there is a question as to whether his injured left hand has fully recovered. Domi is weighing his options and deciding whether he will seek an additional opinion.
Nolan, who has been injured since March 27, had been experiencing fluid buildup in his knee every time he exercised it and there was considerable swelling around the knee joint. He was examined by doctors two weeks ago and was told that the recovery process would be longer than it turned out to be.
Nolan's agent, J.P. Barry, said his client is not formally disputing the Leaf findings yet and that Nolan was simply getting an additional opinion.
"Until we get our full expert analysis, we don't know if we agree or disagree," Barry said.
Goalie Ed Belfour continues to rehabilitate his back injury and Leafs GM John Ferguson said he is close to being cleared. Belfour gets about $73,170 for each game he misses and has accumulated $365,853 so far. Alexander Mogilny is a long-term project after undergoing hip surgery and receives about $67,073 per game that the Leafs haven't played, meaning he has taken in $335,365 so far.
As soon as a player is cleared to play, he can no longer rehab with the team and is a locked-out player. The league's insurance plan stipulates that the team must pay the player's entire salary for the first 30 games of the season, then 80 per cent of the next 52.
