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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
I don’t really get this. Yes he’s on LTIR but that doesn’t equate to “free cap space” like some think it does. They can still only exceed the cap by 10% in the off-season irrespective of Clarkson and Horton being on LTIR, so where does this leave Marner?
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This may not be the case. A couple off-seasons ago, when the traditional thinking was LTIR had to happen after the season started, Lou said they were using the LTIR during the off-season. If they are using the LTIR in the off-season for these contracts, they get cap-relief just as normal LTIR. When they actually put them on the LTIR (as they want to be as close as possible to the cap) would matter.