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Originally Posted by Mindtravellee
I was going to say this (although unsure if you do it playing sports in Canada). Just make a minimum game eligibility. You have the same so you don't drop players back to the AHL, etc. Why not this?
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A team might try to dress injured players in games before the playoffs just so they meet the criteria when they recover. It’s an interesting idea though.
I just find that LTIR is often used to give richer teams an advantage the salary cap was supposed to prevent/minimize. We see teams trade for players on LTIR, that they don’t expect to play for them just so they can get under the cap or lose a bad contract.
On the same note, another thing that should be addressed is finding a 3rd team to retain salary on a player during a trade. I think that a team should only be allowed to retain salary on players that played for that team for at least a season. That would still allow teams to move overpaid players or players in bad situations, but reduce the cap circumvention.