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McDavid IR Cap Implications
Asked Feb 15, 2020 by Tyler
Does a player on IR count against the cap? If not, how much space (annualized) per game becomes available for each game Connor McDavid is on IR?
Answer
Mar 4, 2020
A player on IR does count against the Cap, the exact same as if he were healthy. The only consequence of a player on IR is the team likely needs to call up a replacement player from the AHL, so their overall cap hit will be higher from having an additional player on the NHL roster contributing to their team Cap Hit.
