Rejoint: avr. 2016
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My understanding is that, for teams to gain the benefits of adding a guy to LTIR, you want to be as close to the cap ceiling as possible. So, just because they Had Horton and maybe even Hyman/Dermott available to put on LTIR, bringing in Clarkson's contract allows them to maximize the amount they are allowed to exceed the cap when they actually put them on LTIR.
I can't remember how much the leafs were under the cap ceiling for, but I think they had about $77m committed before adding anyone to LTIR. That's 4.5m below the ceiling. Which would mean that, if they added Horton to LTIR, they'd only be able to go $800k over the $81.5m cap (Accurable Cap Space Limit = 81.5m - 4.5 = $77m). So once the team operates above $77m they would then have $5.3m (horton's aav) in salary relief.
The basic premise is you want your cap hit to be as close to the cap ceiling before adding guys to LTIR as it creates more relief above the $81.5m ceiling.