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Originally Posted by Simulated
(Post 8197640)
You have to be on long term IR for your cap to not count against the team. Kessler is in line to return before the season is actually over so they have him on regular IR.
| These are the IR/LTIR rules, and you can also put somebody on LTIR retroactively:
Injured reserve is for players that are expected to be out of action for a minimum of seven days (not games).
Long term IR (Bona Fide Long-Term Injury in the CBA) is for players who are unavailable to play for 10 games and 24 calendar days.
The difference is a player on LTIR can be loaned to any NHL affiliated team for up to 6 days or 3 games for the sole purpose of determining the conditioning of the player. Generally they go to the minor league team.
In both instances the player's salary is counted towards the salary cap. The difference with LTIR is that the team is allowed without penalty to go over the salary cap by the amount of the injured players salary. Example with a cap of $50 million and a team right on $50 million for salaries. If player A is making $1 million and goes on LTIR the club is allowed to replace player A with player B as long as player B's salary isn't over $1 million. Their payroll could now be $51 million and they won't be penalized. | 