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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Wouldn’t his LTIR relief help cover other salaries though? For example, an expensive trade deadine acquisition.
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LTIR can only be used if replacing an injured player forces you to exceed the salary cap. So far this season, none of the Flames injury replacements have had cap hits that put the team over the cap.
Unlike real cap space, LTIR can't be banked from earlier in the season to be used later.
The only way Stone's cap hit could help with acquiring a more-expensive player at the deadline would be if Stone suffered a setback in his recovery and they could get LTIR relief for the full remainder of the season.