Don’t give him any ideas, i.e. don’t feed the trolls.

The Devils would be responsible for half of his contract next year as well.

Per the CBA :

To the extent the Player does require Waivers to be Loaned to a minor league affiliate, he cannot be Loaned or recalled without first clearing regular Waivers, and then cannot be Recalled to the NHL parent Club during the same League Year without also clearing a new Re-Entry Waiver procedure, pursuant to which the Player can be claimed by another NHL Club for fifty (50) percent of the contract’s remaining amounts to be paid, with the balance to be paid by and charged to the waiving NHL Club (both amounts to be counted against each Club’s Upper Limit, Actual Club Salary and Averaged Club Salary, and counted against the Players’ Share);