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Originally Posted by Textcritic
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Is Sekera's cap hit once he is activated from LTIR pro-rated?
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When a player is on LTIR, his salary still counts in-full against the team's cap for the entire time he is injured.
What LTIR allows a team to do is exceed the cap temporarily to replace that player in their lineup. If they already have enough cap space to replace the player without exceeding the cap, there is no LTIR benefit to be gained (this is why Stone hasn't been put on LTIR by the Flames). If the replacement player(s) don't use up all of the available LTIR space that's created, the unused portion cannot be banked for use later in the season. Once the injured player is cleared to return to action, the full amount of his LTIR space disappears and the team must make the necessary moves to become compliant.