Jared Cowen is not going to file a grievance against the Toronto Maple Leafs for sending him home ? a move designed to keep him healthy for a buyout. (It is expected the NHLPA will notify the league that it will retain its right to do so in any future situations similar to this, but will pass in this instance).
?We?re going to take the time to get Jared right,? agent Rick Valette said Tuesday. ?He?s not injured, but he?s not right. Any doctor would clear him to play. But there are compensation issues when your hip isn?t 100 per cent, other parts of your body are affected. Rather than having him sit as a healthy scratch with the Leafs or the Marlies, we?re going to have him go see some people and get healthy.?
Cowen is back in Ottawa, but Valette plans to send him to the Mayo Clinic and some other specialists he knows. Damien Cox reported Saturday that Toronto granted him permission to speak with other teams, but Valette will wait until seasons start ending before pursuing them. ?He?s 25 years old. We?ve got six months to get him back to being a good player. That?s our game plan for now.?
