Elliotte Friedman Reveals Another Development in the Corey Perry Saga

Elliotte Friedman has just revealed another major development in the Corey Perry saga, detailing how the Players Union may push for a grievance in spite of Perry's wishes.

Elliotte Friedman Reveals the Strong Urge From NHL Players Union to File Grievance In Corey Perry Situation

Corey Perry still has some time before the deadline to file a grievance with the NHLPA over his contract termination by the Chicago Blackhawks. With how tight lipped the organization and Perry have been over the incident, many thought that Perry would forgo the filing in order to keep the situation quiet and hope it goes away.

Now, however, Elliotte Friedman has revealed that there is a strong urge by the Players Union that a grievance should be filed even if Perry decides not to, as they don't want his situation to become precedent.




With Perry's situation becoming so public without the details of the incident, it's unclear whether Perry will file on his own behalf or not. It is also impossible to make a judgment call on the termination.

Alternate Option for the NHL and NHLPA is to Carve Out Situation

Friedman notes that there is another option for the NHL and NHLPA that could satisfy both parties while keeping Perry out of it, and that would be to carve out the situation so that it doesn't become precedent for future cases.


Clearly, this is a unique case, and it is not certain that the NHL would even agree to carve this out given the situation. We will have to wait and see how this develops as the date for filing the grievance approaches.

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