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Forum: NHL SigningsAug. 25, 2023 at 8:55 a.m.
Thread: Toronto Maple Leafs signed Auston Matthews (4 Years / $13,250,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jr400</b></div><div>A career ending injury is obviously bad because you've lost your best player, but they effectively get back the cap hit to use on other players when he goes on LTIR, so it's not much different from if he had left as a UFA. A much worse scenario would be if he continues to play but for some reason can't play at the same level, or he develops an ongoing health issue that has him in and out of the lineup all the time.</div></div>

Sure, you get cap relief from LTIR, but the big drawback is that it won't let you accrue cap space throughout the season, which makes things tricky if you want to make a splash at the TDL. So having a big dollar contract like that on LTIR more or less ensures that you will be unable to accrue any cap space at all.