The NHL has yet to make an official announcement, but the Department of Player Safety appears to have hired Chris Pronger, a Philadelphia Flyers player currently on long-term injured reserve because of a concussion.
From TSN's Bob McKenzie:
Of course, the 39-year-old Pronger (who turns 40 on Friday) is only a Flyer player in name, as he is offering the team salary-cap relief by staying on long-term injured reserve and not retiring. Because of this arrangement, the team is still paying his salary, which is $4 million for this upcoming season.
If that's not a conflict of interest, I don't know what it is.
The reason why this is a conflict of interest is because the NHL clearly thinks this is a conflict of interest, as he will recuse himself from decisions on Flyers, according to Nick Cotsonika of Yahoo Sports.
If the league is aware that it shouldn't have a paid Flyers employee offering ideas on what punishment, if any, should be administered to another Flyers employee, it is aware of the potential for a conflict of interest and is doing something to remedy the situation.
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