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Originally Posted by shadowlord
Didn't Chicago also do something similar with Patrick Kane as well in 2016? He had a legit injury, and then they put him on LTIR and acquired players at the TDL that added up to Kane's exact salary... then his injury miraculously healed in time for Game 1 of Round 1, where it has been initially diagnosed to recover by the 3rd round.
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You must be thinking of 2015, because Kane played all 82 games in 2015-16.
I have just looked up the deadline trades that the Blackhawks made in 2015. They added Spencer Abbott, Kimmo Timonen, Antoine Vermette, and Andrew Desjardins. Abbott never played for the NHL club that year, and of the other three, the only one to make any significant contribution was Vermette (4-3-7 in 20 GP in the playoffs). And the Hawks stayed within the letter of the rules. Kane was legitimately injured and he was legitimately out for the end of the regular season.