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Article 50.5.c.ii.B of the CBA states:
“Nevertheless, in order to ensure that Clubs may have sufficient time and flexibility to plan their rosters during the off-season, the Upper Limit shall be temporarily raised by ten (10) percent to permit Clubs additional flexibility with their Averaged Club Salaries during the period from July 1 until and including the last day of Training Camp. On the day following the last day of Training Camp, the Upper Limit shall again be lowered to the level as calculated in Section 50.5(b), and all Clubs must once again be in compliance with the Upper Limit from the day following the last day of Training Camp until and including June 30.”
So, the date you’re looking for is the day following the last day of training camp.
Article 26.13.c outlines a few potential punishments, including “(iv) Declare a forfeiture of any NHL Game(s) determined to have been affected by a Circumvention;“
So, yeah, I can’t give you an example of any penalties because it doesn’t seem any team has exceeded the Cap....because they might just be forfeiting games (among other financial penalties mentioned in Article 26).
I don’t care to get into the minutia of the CBA. The Knights are in a cap crunch and will have to make some moves to become compliant. It’s unlikely they’ll have to let Karlsson go to do so, but hey, I’m just having fun a little bit of fun.