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Fischy13 · 10-06-2016, 02:05 PM

I don't get why they need to wait to put Smid on LTIR to sign Russell. They can go over the cap by 10% in the off season, right? Then when it changes to regular season, Smid is on LTIR and its a wash.... Is there some mystical time where they have to be compliant for a day or something? The Flames cap should be in one of two positions. Allowed 10% over or have Smid on LTIR. My apologies if this is explain somewhere.

10-06-2016, 02:05 PM	#662
Fischy13 Scoring Winger Join Date: Jun 2011 Exp:	I don't get why they need to wait to put Smid on LTIR to sign Russell. They can go over the cap by 10% in the off season, right? Then when it changes to regular season, Smid is on LTIR and its a wash.... Is there some mystical time where they have to be compliant for a day or something? The Flames cap should be in one of two positions. Allowed 10% over or have Smid on LTIR. My apologies if this is explain somewhere.