Elliotte Friedman Drops a Bombshell on Corey Perry's Contract Termination in Chicago

Elliotte Friedman has just revealed a major bombshell on Corey Perry's contract termination and his intention to file a grievance with the NHLPA.

Corey Perry still has some time to decide whether or not he wants to file a grievance with the NHLPA over his contract termination by the Chicago Blackhawks. With so few details shared by the Blackhawks or Perry, its hard to know whether or not he intends to file.

Now, Elliotte Friedman has revealed it may not matter what his intentions are, as there is a strong urge by the Players Union to file a grievance either way in order to prevent this becoming precedent.

Perry will be essentially losing out on his 1-year deal worth $4 million. The Players Union clearly feels like the precedent shouldn't be set that teams can do this, however, as Friedman notes, without the details it is hard to make any judgement calls.

There may be a loophole for the Players Union and NHLPA to argue that will keep Perry out of it should he not want to file a grievance, and that would be to carve out the situation from counting towards future precedent, as Friedman notes. However, if the termination was justified, it is hard to believe the League would agree to this as it would want to use this as a precedent moving forward.

Without further details, this whole situation remains just speculative and it is hard to truly understand what Perry or the Blackhawks are dealing with. We will see which path this follows as the deadline for filing approaches.

As seen on Puck Reporter - "Elliotte Friedman Drops Major News On Corey Perry's Attempt To Fight Back Contract Termination"

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