Quoting: Sebybbq
Savard was with boston first and boston move him because they needed the cap space! You dont know wath your talking about
Player can be put to LTIR during offseason, and also before the first day off the season. The training-cap equation example says: "The training camp equation can be used on the last day of training camp in preparation for the first day of the season." which is one day before the actual season begins.
Clarkson can be put to LTIR during offseason, and he will be put there again after the training camp. The ACSL of the team gets adjusted then. Quote from the LTIR FAQ: "When a team goes into LTIR, their effective salary cap, or upper limit, is changed. This adjusted upper limit is calculated as a function of the teams cap space and the player’s cap hit. This value is the “accruable cap space limit” (ACSL), and is the first value calculated."
Let's assume and use the example from the FAQ as help. Salary cap is $83M. Let's assume all of the VGK player's cap hit combined is $87,5M, including Clarkson. Clarkson gets put to LTIR, and the ACSL kicks in.
Salary cap = $83M
Team cap hit = $87,5M
Clarkson's contract = $5,25M
ACSL when he's put to LTIR = $87,5M - $5,25M = $82,25M
To accrue cap space while the team continues to use LTIR, they would need to trade players to get below a projected cap hit value of $82.25M.
Putting Clarkson to LTIR will cost them actual cap space, but it gets him out of their books. They need to move other players. That's essentially it.
VGK isn't forced to move Clarkson, and they can use LTIR. But they're forced to move other players.
As for BOS, they decided to go the easier way and pay other teams to take Savard.