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Originally Posted by GioforPM
They always had Kucherov
Kucherov was legit hurt as well. At worst he stayed out a few weeks extra.
BTW, Vasilevskiy was signed in 2019, so his contract had nothing to do with Kucherov’s LTIR. You could I suppose argue that Cirelli Cernak and Sergachev got raises they might not have otherwise, but maybe not, or maybe they’d have gotten a differently structured deal with less money and more years.
I’ve seen no evidence TBL knew that Kucherov would be back as soon as he was, but even assuming they figured that was the rough timeline, what should they have done - not put him on LTIR when he was going to be out for months?
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Again, i have no issue with TBL actions, but rather the feckless league they play in.
It's just a poorly designed cap system. But, I also understand it isn't really in the owners' interest to fix it, as it's been an effective smoke/mirrors distraction to keep the PA focused on less material issues.
What would be wrong with requiring say 25% of a players AAV to count against the cap for them to be eligible for the playoffs?