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gvitaly · 11-04-2021, 07:12 PM

Right now there are 16 teams with players on LTIR. 13 of those teams are using LTIR for cap relief purposes.

Current LTIR:
Team.....Remaining LTIR.......Available LTIR....#of players

VGK..........$16.13M................$27.22M....... ....4

MTL..........$12.14M................$21.76M....... ....2

TBL............$8.09M................$17.26M...... .....3

PIT............$4.77M...................$9.50M.... ......1

WSH..........$5.62M..................$9.20M....... ....1

PHI............$5.58M..................$7.15M..... ......1

VAN...........$0.35M..................$6.61M...... .....4

EDM...........$1.30M..................$6.45M...... .....3

WPG..........$0.26M...................$5.29M...... .....1

CHI............$0.18M..................$5.17M..... .......2

DAL...........$0.73M...................$4.92M..... .......1

CAR...........$1.79M...................$4.05M..... .......1

STL...........$0.13M...................$2.75M..... .......1

COL...........$0.79M...................$2.75M..... .......2

FLA...........$0.95M...................$1.67M..... ........1

TOR...........$0.82M...................$1.65M..... .......1

My question is whether the league should address it whatsoever, and how. I think its crazy that a team like Vegas can be over $10M over the cap. Last year it was Tampa. I know the owners are not too happy about things like LTI-Retirement, and I'm sure the high escrow might have the players on board with this too.

So what do you think should there be a limit on the amount of cap relief a team can get? either as a total amount for example (10% of the cap), or on a per player basis? You can even get creative and provide LTIR as 50% of the player's cap hit, or up to $3.5M per player.

11-04-2021, 07:12 PM	#1
gvitaly Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2010 Exp:	Should there be a cap on LTIR? Right now there are 16 teams with players on LTIR. 13 of those teams are using LTIR for cap relief purposes. Current LTIR: Team.....Remaining LTIR.......Available LTIR....#of players VGK..........$16.13M................$27.22M....... ....4 MTL..........$12.14M................$21.76M....... ....2 TBL............$8.09M................$17.26M...... .....3 PIT............$4.77M...................$9.50M.... ......1 WSH..........$5.62M..................$9.20M....... ....1 PHI............$5.58M..................$7.15M..... ......1 VAN...........$0.35M..................$6.61M...... .....4 EDM...........$1.30M..................$6.45M...... .....3 WPG..........$0.26M...................$5.29M...... .....1 CHI............$0.18M..................$5.17M..... .......2 DAL...........$0.73M...................$4.92M..... .......1 CAR...........$1.79M...................$4.05M..... .......1 STL...........$0.13M...................$2.75M..... .......1 COL...........$0.79M...................$2.75M..... .......2 FLA...........$0.95M...................$1.67M..... ........1 TOR...........$0.82M...................$1.65M..... .......1 My question is whether the league should address it whatsoever, and how. I think its crazy that a team like Vegas can be over $10M over the cap. Last year it was Tampa. I know the owners are not too happy about things like LTI-Retirement, and I'm sure the high escrow might have the players on board with this too. So what do you think should there be a limit on the amount of cap relief a team can get? either as a total amount for example (10% of the cap), or on a per player basis? You can even get creative and provide LTIR as 50% of the player's cap hit, or up to $3.5M per player.