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NHL Trade Market Might Get Crafty to Avoid Salary Cap Constraints

Matt Dumba

The NHL salary cap has forced GMs to get creative in the trade market during the regular season. Given the glacial rise of the cap through next season, GMs will have to become more inventive to make big moves during the 2022-23 schedule.

Cap Friendly indicates 13 teams (as of Oct. 14) are at the $82.5-million salary cap or exceeding it by placing permanently sidelined players on the long-term injury reserve (LTIR). Another five clubs possess less than $1 million in cap room, while another 10 have less than $4.5 million.

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