With one year left on his contract, he could have been a contract buyout this offseason, however, a player must be healthy for their contract to be bought out. When he was traded to the Flyers, he was immediately reassigned to the Phantoms, and it appeared he would never play a game with the Flyers but now he may never play a game for the Phantoms or any other team. However, let's hope he can recover, for his time outside of hockey.