Before starting, all numbers and salaries or courtesy of capgeek.com. Disclaimer: I'm not a professional capologist so some info below might be inaccurate.
There was some question Wednesday morning about the recall of Tim Erixon up to the Rangers without anybody being sent back the other way and how the Rangers could still be cap compliant. For those who may not know, the NHL collective bargaining agreement offers teams cap relief for players on teams on long term injured reserve. In layman's terms it allows teams to go a little over the salary cap to fill roster spots for injured players. As of this writing, early Friday morning 12/16/11, after the recall of Tim Erixon, the Rangers currently sit 23K over the 64.3 million dollar cap ceiling. The Rangers placed Marc Staal on LTIR sometime in late October-early November. Once Marc Staal comes off long term injured reserve the Rangers must make moves to get below the 64.3 million dollar ceiling, which shouldn't be a problem.
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