confirmed: Brent Seabrook "Unable to Play," Announces Abrupt Retirement

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This will help save the Blackhawks $15M over the next few years, so I'm sure the announcement will be coming very shortly that he will have a cushy front office job with a nebulous job description. I'm thinking "Player Development Coordinator".

Apparently not re: saving anything.

 

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Pierre Dorion and Bill Armstrong just perked their ears up.

Apparently not re: saving anything.

 

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Dumb fucking league.

So Phil sort of explained this to me the other day but I still need clarification.

 

So his cap hit stays unless they exceed the cap, in which then it goes into LTIR so that thry can still function under the cap limits technically?

So Phil sort of explained this to me the other day but I still need clarification.

 

So his cap hit stays unless they exceed the cap, in which then it goes into LTIR so that thry can still function under the cap limits technically?

 

CF actually has a huge FAQ on LTIR alone: https://www.capfriendly.com/ltir-faq

 

It's really complicated, but generally speaking, players placed on LTIR aren't actually giving you back their cap hits unless you need it because you've spent over the cap.

read some articles this morning where he talks about some days where he couldn't walk at all because his hip was so f*cked up. He made the decision that being a Dad and being able to do some normal things with his family was his only goal going forward.

CF actually has a huge FAQ on LTIR alone: https://www.capfriendly.com/ltir-faq

 

It's really complicated, but generally speaking, players placed on LTIR aren't actually giving you back their cap hits unless you need it because you've spent over the cap.

 

In essence though, the only time it would really be important is when exactly you do need it so I guess unofficially it still helps every team that isn’t actually cash strapped in the first place.