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Originally Posted by Macindoc
What they are doing is wilfully ignoring the part of the rule that states that players may not remain on LTIR once they are medically fit to return. Teams are simply neglecting getting medical clearance for players until the regular season ends, which is why so many players are magically healed on the first day of the playoffs. I can’t remember the last time a player whose team was over the cap in LTIR returned in the last week of the regular season, can you?
When teams willfully ignore a part of the rule that was obviously written to prevent teams from using healed injuries to continue to circumvent the cap, it allows wealthy teams to have a significant advantage in the playoffs, which defeats the purpose of having a cap.
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You can argue your not rushing a player back in a meaningless game, which is the smart thing to do. probably best for player safety not coming back early. There are so many ways you can justify it, within the rules, that they are not Willfully ignoring the part of the rule.
Note, the last time was Bergeron (who came back too early, I believe for personal reason too)