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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
Well I'm suggesting this a business move to clear out actual salary. They just signed off on a 50M contract with Kadri, getting rid of Monahan's 6M in actual salary was probably part of the way to stick with whatever internal budget the owners have given Treliving.
But even if he can go on LTIR, they aren't anticipating he'll be there for the entire season. Just saying there's nothing stopping the Canadiens from acquiring Monahan now and waiting until he is off the LTIR to make the room. Montreal doesn't need to do a trade today to become cap compliant if they did trade for Monahan.
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Internal budget of "spend to the cap". The owners aren't cheap when it comes to players salary, they can only spend so much.