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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
Or are you saying even if a player is on LTIR once he is traded he comes off and then the new team has to put him back on? (And needs the cap space for that maneuver)
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It's my understanding that this is the case.
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To use the flames example if Buf stayed above the floor with eichel on LTIR and traded him to Calgary, would the flames have to clear salary before or only when he comes off LTIR?
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Before.
LTIR was never intended to help teams acquire injured players via trade. It's a pretty freakish circumstance that put Vegas in a position to use it that way. I personally would wait to see if it happens twice before I consider it a loophole big enough to need closing.