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Originally Posted by Yakbutter
The league does investigate injuries. For example when Warrener was on LTIR way back he would have to constantly be reviewed by league medical staff to make sure that the flames were not hiding him on LTIR for cap space. Not exactly the same scenario but it would be foolish to think the nhl would turn a blind eye to clubs hiding players on IR to circumvent the the 50 contract rule.
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From what Brent said on that video, the team can wait until the player is up to game condition even though he is ready for full contact practice. Some of these guys have been out for a long time and their conditioning and timing could be way off. To put them back in when their conditioning isn't good would be asking for another injury. I imagine if it starts going into weeks, the league would investigate.