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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
This is the part I think is the same. LTIR does not accumulate. If Stone and Pacioretty are back eichel can’t come off IR without significant cap moves. I think.
Thanks for the added info. Could Buffalo not have put him on LTIR first? 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)
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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My understanding is that LTIR is team specific as the opinions are of that team's medical staff. He would be acquired as an active player and the acquiring team would need to submit the paperwork to put him on the LTIR. It would be the new team's medical staff that would need to sign off on it.
I am unsure whether the NHL has ever, or would ever, block a trade based on this though.