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Originally Posted by Bonded
Does LTIR count in the playoffs now?
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As others have mentioned, the playoff cap is applied on a per-game basis, to the 20 player game roster. Injured players, and healthy scratches, are not counted towards the playoff (game) cap.
It does give teams some flexibility, as the regular season cap accounts for the full 23 player roster + injuries. That's where the LTIR replacement cap will play a role. If your star player goes out for the remainder of the season, and you're capped out, then you can exceed the cap by only $3.8M instead of the ~$10M you just lost. That way a Tkachuk injury doesn't allow a team to bring in a S. Jones, or placing M.Stone on LTIR doesn't allow you to bring in Hertl and Hanifin.