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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
It's all meaningless though if there is no way for the rest of the league to force the issue. Vegas (or any team) can say whatever they want and unless the player objects and files a grievance saying that they are being held out on IR unnecessarily, what can anyone do about it?
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The league has a procedure where it hires independent MDs to follow up on all LTIR claims. A few weeks ago, the last time this issue came up (Eichel activated, Stone to LTIR), Friedman mentioned that the league has been closely following Carey Price's situation to make sure Montreal wasn't fiddling the cap. This is what they are supposed to do in every case.
I don't doubt that the league quietly allows teams a certain amount of wiggle room in activating players from LTIR. That's probably what saved the Lightning's bacon last year. But it's pretty clear in this case that the Knights know they have to reactivate players well before the end of the regular season, and they tried to deal with it by shedding Dadonov's cap hit. And now they are neck-deep in the soup.