Hatcher has expressed a desire to play at least one more season and unless he retires or accepts a buyout, the only way the Flyers can remove him from their cap number is to place him on the long-term injury list.

Hey, wait a minute....  just waaaaaait a minute.  You can’t just throw a guy on the LTI list because he makes too much money.  (Can you???) Gormley’s only reasoning for this possibility is this:

Hatcher has been playing the past two seasons with a limited amount of cartilage in his right knee.

Isn’t the key word here playing?  Isn’t this the same as about half of the NHL work force?  How can a guy who has been playing for two years with a limited amount of cartilage—and, as an aside, I’m willing to bet that no one plays with an unlimited amount—all of a sudden be injured long-term with the exact same cartilage?

Probably just another example of how the players have those poor franchises over a barrel with the current CBA.

Maybe they are planning a “Tonya Harding” to make sure he needs to go on the LTI. 

Maybe they are planning a “Tonya Harding”

Hmmm, that might work.  On the other hand, he skates like it has already been done, so maybe no one would notice.