Tim Connolly

[capt bruce]

There are cap provisions for long term injuries.

 

 

Counted against the cap: All players on the active roster, injured reserve or the long-term injured list. Players who have left the team on a contract buyout, according to a formula that charges a percentage of the buyout against the cap.

[kickingfrog]

Yep, it's called the Connolly Rule....

How about the islanders and DiPietro? He has 9 years left on 15 year contract. He's played a handfull of games in the last few years and is out with another concussion.

[kickingfrog]

Counted against the cap: All players on the active roster, injured reserve or the long-term injured list. Players who have left the team on a contract buyout, according to a formula that charges a percentage of the buyout against the cap.

 

 

There are cap provisions for long term injuries.

 

 

http://www.capgeek.com/faq/how-does-long-term-injured-reserve-LTIR-work.php

 

"Teams receive cap relief when a player is considered to have a "bona-fide long-term injury" — injuries that cause a player to miss at least 10 games or 24 days. This is one of the most commonly misunderstood aspects of the CBA.

Just because a player is on LTIR does not automatically grant the team extra cap space. In the event a player is placed on LTIR, his cap hit still counts toward the team's overall cap payroll. Relief only comes if replacing the player's salary pushes the team's cap payroll to date over the cap. The amount of relief is limited to the amount the team has gone over the cap (less the amount of payroll room the team had at the time the LTIR transaction took place), not the entire amount of the injured player's salary."

 

 

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11058/1128133-61.stm

 

A couple of paragraphs from the article:

"But there's a quirky little wrinkle in the NHL's collective bargaining agreement that shouldn't be forgotten, even though it's highly unlikely the Penguins will seriously consider trying to exploit it.

 

Shero was able to make the Neal-Niskanen trade because Evgeni Malkin is on the long-term injured list, and his $8.7 million salary-cap hit is off their books. Remember that Sidney Crosby, who has missed nearly two months because of a concussion, is on the LTI, too, which means the Penguins could bring in people to replace his cap hit, as well.

 

And this is where it could get interesting: The salary cap is not in effect during the playoffs, which means that, in theory, Shero could add players by using Crosby's cap space, but still be allowed to use Crosby in the playoffs without removing anyone from the roster to get down to the $59.4 million cap ceiling."