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Originally Posted by stemit14
I don’t think they will clear anywhere near that much. Not even close… they will find some guys on the team who are willing to sit out, put them on LTIR and activate eichel. People speculate that they might move smith but I don’t even think they’ll do that.
I could even see them blatantly asking everyone on the team if any of them have any “nagging injuries”. They’ll say they need some guys to be team players so that they don’t have to dismantle the team before playoffs.
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Totally, Vegas isn't losing anyone. They will have no problem finding players that are banged up and willing to rest going into the playoffs if it means being able to go in with a stacked roster. It won't be lying either. We always hear about players going into the playoffs injured that could have justifiably been on LTIR for 30 days if the team had the luxury of doing that.
Imagine how much of a dick you would feel like if you insisted on being in the line-up at 75%, forcing the team to lose a good player, and possibly costing the rest of your friends a chance at the Stanley Cup. Even if everyone is 100% healthy (not likely), I would take one for the team in order to not lose anyone and I am sure many players would, especially ones with nothing to prove on an individual level.
From what I can tell, the NHL doesn't police the LTIR that hard to say that a player should not be on it. If a team doctor says they need to sit out to heal an injury, then that's it.
They really need to make it so that at least the on-ice roster for playoff games needs to be cap compliant.