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[pjgj13 30]

Very Interesting!

Some Interesting Facts

[T.Low 1,011]

Thanks for the post. It helps keep things in perspective.

[Guest mindfly]

I feel like a retard now but i had no idea about this:

And come playoff time, NHL rosters are wide open. The salary cap is tossed aside.

Anyone know why this rule has been set?

[Rivalred 630]

I feel like a retard now but i had no idea about this:

Anyone know why this rule has been set?

Players are payed for an NHL Season, which is 82 games. Anything after that, the players are playing for the Cup.

[Guest mindfly]

I like it - makes sense

[Jedi 1,865]

Anyone know why this rule has been set?

It's not so much that the salary cap has been set aside, it's more a case of the Wings won't have to worry about the salary impace their players have come playoff time.

As the players don't get paid for the playoffs, the cap is a non factor. Meaning come playoff time Detroit can call up Helm, Abdelkader, Ericsson, Leino, et al and not have to worry about sending anyone back down, or placing anyone on Long Term Injured Reserve to get us back under the cap.

For instance, right now since the Wings are so close to the cap, we can't call anyone up to back up Conks since Ozzie is injured. There's only 2 ways we could clear up the cap space to call someone up. The first way is to send someone back down to Grand Rapids, but that player would have to clear waivers. The other way is to place Ozzie on Long Term Injured Reserve, which means he must miss a minimum of 10 games, or 24 days. But if Ozzie's groin strain turns out to be minor, and he's ready to go after 5 games, for instance, then he would still have to remain on LTIR until the 10 game/24 day mark has passed.

In the playoffs, we can call everyone up and not have to worry about sending anyone back down or placing them on LTIR.

[chrisdetroit 189]

It's not so much that the salary cap has been set aside, it's more a case of the Wings won't have to worry about the salary impace their players have come playoff time.

As the players don't get paid for the playoffs, the cap is a non factor. Meaning come playoff time Detroit can call up Helm, Abdelkader, Ericsson, Leino, et al and not have to worry about sending anyone back down, or placing anyone on Long Term Injured Reserve to get us back under the cap.

For instance, right now since the Wings are so close to the cap, we can't call anyone up to back up Conks since Ozzie is injured. There's only 2 ways we could clear up the cap space to call someone up. The first way is to send someone back down to Grand Rapids, but that player would have to clear waivers. The other way is to place Ozzie on Long Term Injured Reserve, which means he must miss a minimum of 10 games, or 24 days. But if Ozzie's groin strain turns out to be minor, and he's ready to go after 5 games, for instance, then he would still have to remain on LTIR until the 10 game/24 day mark has passed.

In the playoffs, we can call everyone up and not have to worry about sending anyone back down or placing them on LTIR.

Yes but remeber you can only dress a certain number for the games. Last year we had many of our prospects traveling with us as part of the team in the playoffs. Of course only a certain number are on the roster for the game, but we can change that every day if we want to.