Another wrinkle related to LTIR:
Quote:
Revise CBA Section 50.10(d)(iii) as follows:
The total replacement Player Salary and Bonuses for a Player or Players that have replaced an unfit-to-play Player may not in the aggregate exceed the amount of the Player Salary and Bonuses of the unfit-to-play Player who the Club is replacing. In addition, the Average Amount(s) of such replacement Player(s) may not exceed the Prior Season's Average League Salary, except as follows:
(A) With the approval of the NHL and the NHLPA (which shall be based upon an evaluation of the time likely to be missed as a result of the relevant injury), the above noted Averaged Amount(s) may exceed the Prior Season's Average League Salary.
(B) In such situations and upon such approval, the applicable unfit-to-play Player shall be ineligible to play for the remainder of that season (including the Playoffs).
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If I'm reading that correctly, teams won't be able to acquire high-priced players as "replacement" players for an injured player unless they make the injured player ineligible for the rest of the regular season and playoffs.
So, if the average league salary is $3 million and you have a player with an $8 million salary who gets injured, you won't be able to acquire a player with a $6 million salary to replace him and then activate both of them for the playoffs.