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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Once Eichel is ready to play, Vegas will use the LTIR without a doubt (IMO) for the remainder of the season, then we'll see what's what for game 1 of the playoffs.
But don't be the least bit surprised when ALL their key players are back, healthy and raring to go when the puck drops for round 1, game 1.
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McPhee even said right after the trade that they weren't worried about cap space because they didn't expect that the team would be fully healthy by the time Eichel comes back.
People talk like this tactic is a crazy conspiracy theory and so difficult to engineer, but it's really not. It's an exploit that Tampa revealed last season and under the right circumstances can be replicated quite easily depending one how resolved the league is police it.