They Moved Clarkson so there is no issue in signing Gusev
Once a player is placed on LTIR (and aren't maxed out to the full relief) you can't add another contract and use the difference of the extra relief. Hence the trade to sign who we want without the worry

They Moved Clarkson so there is no issue in signing Gusev
Once a player is placed on LTIR (and aren't maxed out to the full relief) you can't add another contract and use the difference of the extra relief. Hence the trade to sign who we want without the worry

But VGK has only a hair over 1 million in cap. So they can't sign Gusev without shipping out someone. Maybe they can move Holden, but then they still only about 3.2 million. So he has to be willing to take 800k less than he's asking for. And then we are maxed out with only 22 players.[/quote

When player A makes 5m a year and the team is 3m above the cap and you place him on LTIR, You use 3m in relief to become compliant. You can't use the balance of 2m to sign another player. By trading Clarkson Vegas doesn't have to worry about the $1,025,000 that they would have been leaving on the table now. It gives them more flexibility to sign Gusev.

Otherwise there is no reason for Vegas to trade Clarkson.