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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Not such an easy solution.
Teams that trade for a player at the deadline, just fitting him in, will not be cap compliant come playoff time. And most teams trading for deadline players are pretty much close at the cap already.
While your solution solves the problem of teams who sit healthy players before the end of the season, it punishes everyone else with respect to legitimate trades at the deadline, including teams who are trying to get value for expiring UFA’s.
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Including teams who keep currently healthy players on LTIR just so they can trade them to a playoff contender that is already over the cap.
The abuse is getting worse every year as it becomes clear that the league isn’t going to punish clear violations of LTIR rules. If it isn’t fixed, the cap will be a joke and there will only 5-6 teams competing for the Cup every year.