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Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing
I believe the Flames’ injuries happened too close to the end of the season to meet the threshold required for the then existing LTI rules.
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Yup. IIRC, one of the players suffered a season-ending injury with exactly 9 games remaining – so he could not miss 10 games and did not qualify for LTIR. The way the rule was written, that was the worst-case scenario.