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Old 06-20-2019, 05:12 PM   #18
Oling_Roachinen
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Thought he had longer on his contract.

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Originally Posted by JTech780 View Post
Correct me if I am wrong, but his cap hit would still count on day 1 and then they could put him on LTIR on day 2, at which point they could go over the cap up to the amount of his cap hit.

Meaning they still have to be cap compliant on day 1 with Callahan's cap hit on the books.
This was the thinking for awhile until the Leafs said that Horton was on LTIR during the off-season.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...on-cap-relief/
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