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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
What I don't get about LTIR is, what if Mark Stone was ready to come back miraculously with a week left in the season? All the rules say are that a team needs to get cap compliant before a player is allowed to return. So Stone would actually be healthy but by the rules as they're written would just have to wait until playoffs day 1. I don't think there's any punishment for a team in that predicament.
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This was a thing with Kucherov because he was ready to play. Tampa couldn't activate him until the playoffs. It was also a thing with Eichel in his first season with VGK. They only activated him after either Stone or Lehner went on LTIR.
Stone miraculously recovered on: Apr, 17th, 2023; Apr 12th, 2022.
Eichel cleared to play: Apr 13th, 2023.
Lehner: Apr 18th, 2022.
Kucherov: May 16th, 2021(playoffs started on the 15th)