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Injured players fully count towards the cap at all time no matter what so Laine is already included in the cap hit of the team

Usually, teams spend all their cap space because placing a player on LTI so the ACSL is very close to the cap.

Montreal have a bad ACSL. It’s more than a million away from 95.5M.

Maybe they simply have to go under the cap, not under their ACSL

When a team place their first player on LTI, their salary cap is no longer 95.5M. Their new salary cap is called ACSL. To calculate it, it’s the salary minus the cap space they had at the time of the placement.

When the team is over their ACSL, they are using LTI space even if they are under 95.5M

Usually, the ACSL is very close to the salary cap so when a team stop using LTI, they are usually below their ACSL.

Both possibilities would make sense because the ACSL is only there for the time a team have players on LTI.

I will add that, as far I know, teams have to be under their ACSL to activate their final player. However, the CBA doesn’t say anything about it and it’s rare to see a team with a bad ACSL.

Maybe I’m wrong and maybe they are OK to activate him without any moves

Usually, the ACSL is very close to the salary cap so when a team stop using LTI, they are usually below their ACSL.

Both possibilities would make sense because the ACSL is only there for the time a team have players on LTI.

I will add to all of this that, as far I know, teams have to be under their ACSL to activate their final player. However, the CBA doesn’t say anything about it and it’s rare to see a team with a bad ACSL.

Maybe I’m wrong and maybe they are OK to activate him without any moves

Montreal is not under the cap. Their team cap hit is currently 97.25M.

Newhook could be placed on LTI or Montreal could loan 2 players to Laval to activate Dach. Montreal would be below the cap.

If Laine is ready to return, they will need to loan 2 players anyway.

It’s PuckPedia version of CapFriendly’s Armchair GM. On mobile, you need to press on the three bars to open the menu. PuckGM is at the bottom of the menu.

Testing moves and seeing by yourself what happens can definitely help some people instead of simply reading a few numbers.

CapFriendly had their LTI summary which was helpful to follow the cap situation. The current cap space was also 0$ when a team was using LTI space.

Todays Cap Hit - LTI Usage = ACSL

99 838 424- 18 338 758 = 81 499 666

PuckGM can help. MTL is displayed with -427k of projected cap space in PuckGM.

To activate Dach, they will need to get back below their ACSL first. Loaning Bolduc and waiving Veleno/Blais would clear enough cap space.

After activating Dach, their salary cap will return to 95.5M. This is not the case right now.

PuckPedia is not perfect when a team use LTI. They don’t display ACSL for example.

It’s a bit clearer in PuckGM and even then, there’s a disclaimer that the cap space may vary slightly.

Montreal lost around 1.5M of cap space when they were placed on LTI.

They don’t have the cap room. Their annual team cap hit is at 97.246M. They need to be below 95.5M to activate him.

Activating Evans decrease how much they could their team cap hit could raise. This is why Fowler and Beck were sent down.

They will also have to send down 2 players to activate Dach.

Yep, that’s right. If we simplify how LTI works, it simply allows you to exceed the cap during the time of the injury if you have no cap space left.

A bit like using a credit card if you don’t have enough in your bank account

Injured players fully count against the cap at all time. LTI doesn’t remove the cap hit of the player

Any games played under an emergency recall count towards the 10/30. Days on emergency recall doesn’t count towards the 10/30.

Games played under a regular recall doesn’t count toward the 10GP for emergency recall

Yes, it doesn’t start over. This is what CapFriendly had too.

PuckPedia disagrees. I will ask a NHL source to make sure.

It begins at the time he is re-claimed. It’s exactly like if he would have clears waivers in October and would have been recalled for the first time in December

Effectivement. Cela a le même effet que si Blais n’avais pas été réclamé en Octobre et que le Canadien venait simplement de rappeler Blais.

Il est exempt du ballotage pour la même période de temps qu’habituellement.

It would only be true if it’s a conditioning loan which would require to activate him. If it’s a LTI conditioning loan, it’s 3 games or 6 days. They can also ask for a 2 games extension if it wasn’t enough to see if he is fit to return.

And yes, I understand it better than you. You don’t understand that there’s no 30 days or games period.

The player arrives on the NHL roster and the team has the choice to send him down or not. Carolina sent him down.

That’s incorrect. There’s no 30 days, 31 days, 10 games or anything.

If Toronto placed him on waivers at any point of the season, if Carolina was claiming him and were the only team to claim, they had the ability to send him down without waivers.

It’s not automatic either.

Because LTI have nothing to do with the playoffs.

Placing a player on LTI allows you to exceed the cap if you have no cap space left. Vegas had 0$ of cap space when the season started. The only way for them to replace Stone is to place him on LTI

No, it doesn’t give more money to the Habs. He is not on LTI. It would hurt them to place him on LTI.

Montreal is losing cap space because of his injury, not the opposite

No, they are not credited with the league average salary.

When a player is placed on LTI, his entire cap hit is added to the LTI pool. However, if it exceeds the league average salary, the amount is capped to the league average salary.

Thanks! I’m doing well, hope it’s the same for you!

Yep, based on what Portzline said, PuckPedia’s projection should be right. Fedotov should be in the AHL this season.

He would have to go through waivers and 1.15M would be removed from his cap hit while he is in the AHL.

Because it’s illegal. It would have been a clear cap case of cap circumvention