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Originally Posted by Toonage
Nill's suggested plan works.
It would prevent a team from spending the LTIR allowance (for lack of a better word) on an equally priced high end player or several that equal the amount. When the playoffs start if their star player (and its always a star player on LTIR it would seem) is ready to go, anything or anyone they brought in to replace them would have to sit.
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Does it though? I kind of take it that teams could essentially buy up depth for injuries in a long playoff run. Lose a key contributor in the 2nd round, they can easily replace with a contributor that's being paid to sit in the press box and fill in.