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Originally Posted by Matt Reeeeead
I don't think you interpreted my post correctly.
They could have maximized it in the same way by delaying the placement of Smid on LTIR until they were up against the cap (ie. as injuries happen eating into the space or future acquisitions).
The CBA isn't entirely clear, but from my discussions with people and research, I believe the LTIR room is calculated as the player's cap hit deducted by cap room. In either scenario, it would have been close to zero.
The question becomes timing. Because you can back date to the date of the player's injury, which was before the season started, the Flames could have received the same cap benefit as long as they placed him on a date where their cap room was negligible or close to zero.
They signed Grossman to fill the roster, and he was cheap, and they thought he gave something that the roster didn't have. In doing so, it left them with no space, and therefore, was an appropriate time to place him on LTIR.
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You assume the Flames had the luxury of waiting for cap space to grow. Is Treliving supposed to know exactly when players are injured and needs to use cap space in call ups?
If the Flames did not sign Grossmann, they would have had ~$583k in caps space to start the season .
If there was an injury in any of their early games they would not have the cap space to call up anyone from the AHL without using Smid's LTIR.
The cheapest contracts they have on the farm at forward is Carroll ($670k) and at defence Wotherspoon ($625k).
If any of those call ups are necessary before the Flames let the cap space grew enough to fit them in, you wouldn't maximize the cap space from the LTIR.