With Kopitar possibly unable to play tonight's game against the Flyers, the Kings are trying to negotiate special cap relief between the NHL and NHLPA to call up a player. If they don't receive the cap relief, they will have to dress less than 20 players.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/kings/...028-story.html
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One question was answered as injured Kings center Anze Kopitar got on the plane Monday and accompanied his teammates to Philadelphia.
But if his upper-body injury keeps him out of Tuesday's game against the Flyers, the Kings face the possibility of dressing only 11 forwards because they're too close to the salary cap to bring up a replacement from the minor leagues. Kings executives spent much of the day Monday working with officials from the NHL and the NHL Players' Assn. trying to get a temporary cap exemption and the flexibility to recall a player from Manchester (N.H.), likely Jordan Weal.
The Kings' salary-cap situation is complicated because the salary of defenseman Slava Voynov counts against their cap total during his league-imposed suspension. Voynov was suspended indefinitely by the NHL last week after his arrest on suspicion of domestic violence.
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