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Originally Posted by JohnSpringer
Ok that makes sense but injury acceptions mean they aren't paying anything out. You can send guys down like NJ did with Mogilny, they dealt Malakhov to SJ and then they put him on the injured list therefore not costing anybody a dime. Look at the numbers with the amount of money teams have to spend and be honest how many are going to spend a lot.
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Player contracts are guaranteed. When a player is on LTI, his salary is still paid, but the team is allowed to replace that player's salary even if it results in going over the cap.
Also, when a player on a one-way contract is sent to the minors, that player is still paid his salary by the team.
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