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Originally Posted by Wish They Could Win
The regular season starts Tuesday. Trading for an Eichel on LTIR on Tuesday becomes much easier as you don’t have to fit his salary into the cap structure of your team until he comes back. So theoretically you don’t have to trade Monahan or another big ticket forward for 4-5 months.
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I'm pretty sure it doesn't work that way. Your roster has to be cap compliant before you put a player on LTIR. Also, Buffalo won't be putting Eichel on LTIR because they're nowhere near the cap. LTIR is only used if you need to exceed the cap to replace a player's salary. The Sabres need his salary to get above the floor.