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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
They really are not. The player has to sign the Injured Reserve Form for one. No signature, no injury reserve form. In the event that the player was legitimately injured and went on the LTIR and then was no longer injured and wanted to play but the team did not have room they would have to find room because they would have a right to be removed from LTIR. If the team did not remove him, I would assume the PA would file an immediate grievance that they would win in a nanosecond. Them the rules.
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You're going to have back that up with facts because that's not what the CBA said when it was discussed around Eichel/Vegas.
The CBA is explicit actually about the opposite. If a player is deemed eligible to play but the LTIR period has not passed, they are not able to lace them up until the payroll is fixed.
You're right that the NHLPA would file a grievance, but they wouldn't alter the CBA within a nanosecond, it would be drawn out. The NHL has known of the LTIR issues since Kane and has intentionally not altered them throughout the Kucherov and Eichel saga, they knew of the issues around it and have decided not to fix it.
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A Player with a Player Salary of $1.5 million becomes unfit to play for
more than 24 calendar days and 10 NHL Regular Season games. At the
time the Player becomes unfit to play, his Club has an Averaged Club
Salary of $69.5 million, and the Upper Limit in that League Year is $70
million. The Club may replace the unfit-to-play Player with another
Player or Players with an aggregate Player Salary and Bonuses of up to
$1.5 million. The first $500,000 of such replacement Player Salary and
Bonuses shall count toward the Club's Averaged Club Salary, bringing the
Averaged Club Salary to the Upper Limit. The Club may then exceed the
Upper Limit by up to another $1 million as a result of the replacement
Player Salary and Bonuses. However, if the unfit-to-play Player once
again becomes fit to play, and the Club has not otherwise created any
Payroll Room during the interim period, then the Player shall not be
permitted to rejoin the Club until such time as the Club reduces its
Averaged Club Salary to below the Upper Limit.
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When I said them the rules, I actually meant them the rules. Not my own belief like you.