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Originally Posted by Textcritic
There is a huge difference between "defending this LTIR crap" and refusing to buy into the conspiracy of Vegas gaming the system. Yes, there needs to be a better approach to handling LTIR and it's salary cap implications, especially for the playoffs. But VGK has endured real and significant injuries that warranted the legitimate usage of LTIR. Some of us agree that the system needs to be fixed, while also recognizing that for a team like VGK having your best player, your starting goaltender and one of your top defensemen out of the lineup for a significant amount of time is NEVER part of the plan.
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Their plan was LTIR though, GM even said it when they acquired Eichel. Martinez has been in full practices in January...if not for cap he would have at least tried to play by now. They didn try and give away Dadonov to play even more short handed for another week or two.