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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
^^^ Its a cute story, but the real reason they were down was because of the salary cap. Same with the Wings and Nyquist.
The Kings were sending guys down to the minors during the Olympics to eek out just a little cap space.
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Toffoli and Pearson have two of the lowest cap hits on the Kings (only Nolan and Jones are lower).
If anything, sending them down hurt the Kings' cap situation. If cap space was his main concern, Lombardi could have cut loose a bigger veteran contract and handed roster spots to the kids right out of camp.