Speculation: What will the Wings do??
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What is the season opening injured reserve (SOIR)?
If a player is injured during training-camp, they can be placed on season-opening injured reserve, to possibly obtain cap relief:
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Players who are on a one-way contract, or players on a two-way contract who accrued 50 or more NHL games in the previous season count fully against the cap hit. Teams can opt to place these players on LTIR to obtain cap-relief (LTIR FAQ).
https://www.capfriendly.com/faq#soir
This means that teams must become salary cap compliant before they can place players on LTIR since the injury exception to the cap does not come into effect until the season has started.
http://theleafsnation.com/2016/5/7/...and-the-leafs-need-to-be-cautious-in-using-it
If you have other information that says otherwise I would like to read it. As it looks now they are 4.3 mil over the cap hit.
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Dazed and Confused
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Fayne at 50% (1.825) and a 1st for Green
Sold.
Its been a pleasure doing business.
Fayne at 50% (1.825) and a 1st for Green
Wouldn't offer the first along with Fayne but Green would solve a lot of Edmonton's problems and would provide some immediate cap relief for Detroit. Fayne + Yakupov with some retention make any sense?
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I'm not 100% but I'm pretty sure teams like Boston was doing the same thing while they were contending with Savard's contract and the Flyers with Pronger's contract. They would be over the cap slightly to start the year and then LTIR their forever-injured players to become compliant for the year. Maybe some Bruins or Flyers fans can weigh in.
At any rate, this thread has come up several times this offseason and Detroit has done nothing so it is pretty clear that nothing needs to be done, assuming the players that are currently known to be injured remain on LTIR.
Dazed and Confused
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You could likely talk amount of retention down a bit (maybe to a third), but honestly I've got zero problems with the overpay. Green fits Edmonton's needs like a glove, and (assuming some degree of healthiness from everyone) would have this team in the playoff picture.
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Would be the best defence this team has had since 08/09 with Souray and Visnovsky.
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Full Cap Hit
Players who are on a one-way contract, or players on a two-way contract who accrued 50 or more NHL games in the previous season count fully against the cap hit.
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Benstheman
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damn i'm lost a bit.
Will they trade players or not???
No, it's Ken Holland.
People will be lost on waivers before that happens.
And Cleary will be signed for depth.
My understanding is you have 2 options. Either put someone on LTIR before the season or during the season. It is better to do it during the season because you can use the full amount of the LTIR space. If you do it before the season, you can do it to become cap compliant but the you cannot use the additional space from LTIR.
For instance, suppose you are over the cap by 1 million and have a 5 million player you can put LTIR. If you put the 5 million player on LTIR before the season you are compliant but you only use 1 million of LTIR. If you do it during the season, you can use the 4 million of spare cap space to add a player etc...
Yes this is how the rule works. It hurts flexibility to put players on IR before the season starts but it is allowed.
Have a gut feeling Anaheim will Take Tatar + for Fowler. LHD is set for you guys and our wing position is filled as well. We can't take in anymore salary just like you guys can't so we will have to dump elsewhere for picks and AHL prospects to get under the internal cap and cap set by the NHL.
What does this have to do with the thread? It does nothing to alleviate the cap crunch.
as i explained earlier, they do not have a cap crunch. they will put two players on ltir before the season, which is not ideal but is permitted and will make them cap compliant.
To answer your question. What will the Wings do?
Finish out of the playoffs.
Too many bad contracts without enough young guys on ELCs to take up the slack.
Finish out of the playoffs.
Too many bad contracts without enough young guys on ELCs to take up the slack.
It also messes with your bonus cushion, which is why the Leaf have slight cap problems if the arbitration against Cowen doesn't go our way.
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Fayne at 50% (1.825) and a 1st for Green
And this helps Detroit how? Detroit needs a major over haul on D not subtracting Green for Fayne does us no good. Especially with Kronwall and Ericsson not healthy.
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Not happening Detroit is stuck with Howard, The only way Howard might get dealt is if a teams starting Goalie goes down for a long period of time and they get desperate. With Franzen+Vitale+Jurco on LTIR that's about $6 million in cap savings right there. And adding Ouellet to the roster. We should still be around $1.1 million under the cap.
