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Originally Posted by JackIsBack
Well... Yes.... but they also have less cap space going into the "trash" (aka"buyout") then we do... they also have a huge LTIR credit (which they acquired largely though trades to get assets - most of these players will never play a game for Toronto in the future)... but YES... I did cherry pick to get to my point that they have some HUGE contracts on that team... I think we are more balanced... but I also think that taking on LTIR players is a bit disingenuous (read as: for the NHL to allow) considering that the cap was designed to get the teams on even terms with regards to revenue and market size.
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I always thought that teams had to be cap compliant on day 1 and could only start exceeding the cap after LTIR started to accrue.
Apparently that's not the case and it makes me wonder why teams were giving assets to Arizona over the years rather than just using their LTIR contracts to exceed the cap?