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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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Getbak already responded, but the cap is calculated daily, so yes, the Oilers would only have to account for what is remaining of his salary for the season.
CapFriendly helpfully provides some numbers that makes it easier to figure it all out. As of right now, the Oilers have enough cap space to add a player with an equivalent full season contract of about $4.26 million. Sekera's full season hit of $5.5 million therefore puts them in trouble.
And as others noted, they can't just bury a guy in the AHL and call it good. They have to either move a contract worth over $1.25 million or so to another NHL team entirely, or demote two players and run with a 22-man roster.