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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
If you miss a regular season start to finish due to injury of any kind you are now no longer eligible to participate in the corresponding playoffs of the regular season missed regardless of health status at any point of the playoffs. Loophole closed; teams would be wary of loading up in the off-season and stacking the deck once the playoffs begin and their marquee players are back in the fold.
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That’s a hefty rule to address one instance that probably isn’t even based on a team intentionally circumventing cap. And what do you do if they dress Kucherov for the last day of the season and play him for 5 minutes?