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Originally Posted by Jay Random
How does that affect the league? Reaves hasn't been in the lineup. All the Leafs have done is to pay one extra NHL salary (which they had the cap room to do) instead of shuttling waiver-exempt players back and forth to the minors.
The worst you can say is that by keeping him on IR, the Leafs have avoided putting Reaves on waivers and giving other teams a chance to take him off their hands. But does any other team really want Ryan Reaves enough to pay him for three seasons?
The whole situation says ‘nothingburger’ to me.
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It doesn't affect the league in this situation because the Leafs so have the cap room to do it but what happens when a team doesn't have the cap room and keeps a guy on IR because the rookie they brought up is killing it and they would rather have him instead of having to send him down for a guy they don't really want anymore? Are we ok if a guy is not working out out you can just put him on IR to open up a roster spot? That is the problem.