[Wish They Could Win]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

It happened last year with Kucherov, but just because his own timeline for rehab happened to coincide with the end of the season/start of the playoffs, that does not mean that teams can simply set a date on their own that is most convenient for them. We already know how long Eichel's rehab will take with the disc-replacement surgery—I believe it is two or three months. A team could theoretically make a trade for him in mid-to-late January, and then effectively do this. But what a team cannot do is opt for a player to have surgery, and then set their own timeline for his return.

The question is… can you kick the cap overage down the line by him being on LTIR when he comes in and then get compliant by trading away roster players before he is ready to return mid season.


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