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Decision Time For Travis Hamonic

10/01/2021 at 1:01pm EDT

from Patrick Johnston of the Vancouver Province,

If Travis Hamonic is indeed contemplating taking this season off for reasons related to COVID-19 or vaccine requirements, today is the day he’ll have to make his decision final.

The Vancouver Canucks blueliner signed a two-year, US$6 million contract this summer but has been absent from the ice in Abbotsford and Vancouver so far this pre-season.

If Hamonic were to opt out of this season, the Canucks would have the option to let the entire contract slide a year or to simply burn the first year of the deal. Hamonic wouldn’t collect any salary this season if the team chose the latter option.

A week ago the team said he was dealing with a personal matter, but it’s one of the league’s worst-kept secrets that his absence is related to the NHL’s COVID-19 vaccination protocol, which places heavy restrictions on unvaccinated players, even allowing for players to be suspended without pay if they’re unable to come to the rink for work because of things like travel quarantine, local health rules requiring full vaccination for anyone entering an arena — as is the case in New York City — or contracting COVID-19 while unvaccinated.

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