I'm assuming that this has to be some sort of budget issue given that Dupont and lammon are still on the books, and of course mikkelson and McNulty would still have to be paid. I don't know whether we have insurance to cover the wages of injured players. The other possibility is that we tried to get replacements, but no one suitable was available - which seems unlikely. Given that the league has been gone for a while, maybe they took a gamble on the cup and are hoping they'll be fit for the play offs.