So do Benn and Dahlstrom, both injured during preseason and presumably eligible for LTIR.
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In theory you might be able to use them - I'm not sure about that, since they have 1-way contracts, I suppose you could apply it at the NHL level, but their salaries are so small it doesn't offer the relief you need to have any flexibility. If you put them, along with Liljegren, on LTIR, we're still $27k over the cap. If Tavares is injured for the opener, but not LTIR eligible, then we're still in a world of hurt - because we're sitting 12F, 6D, 2G - with guys who may not be able to play - and are still over the cap.