You can if you are at the cap bring a player up from the minors that is no more than $100,000 over the league min for each player on LTIR. This would allow him to bring up a player at $800,000 or less without affecting the cap but he would still be way over.

Ahh, I see his confusion now, couldn't tell without seeing the trade. Thanks!

Wow, just wow😔 thanks

A team can replace a player that is injured on LTIR or not even if they are at the cap without that player counting on their cap but that player (the replacement player) must be making $100,000 over league min or less. This is how the Leafs were able to operate above the cap. That doesn't give him the room he was thinking it did though. It just means you can be at the cap and have a player making $800,000 or less on the roster above the cap.