Quoting: bhavikp27
I don't believe the goalies would be an issue either. We'll see for Kaliyev if they go on that route because this is really debatable to consider as an emergency.
It is the exact definition of an emergency as defined in the CBA. There are 5 criteria that must be met before a team can use the roster emergency exception.
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1. A Club has Payroll Room less than the sum of the Minimum Paragraph 1 NHL Salary [$775k] and $100,000.
Check. The Kings will have $113k in cap space, which is less than $875k.
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2. A Player on such Club becomes unfit or unable to play (i.e., is injured, ill or disabled and unable to perform his duties as a hockey Player) or is suspended
Check. Kaliyev was suspended.
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3. Club is unable to sign and/or Recall a Player with an Averaged Amount equal to the Minimum Paragraph 1 NHL Salary plus $100,000 under the Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception
Check. The Kings don't have any players on LTIR.
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4. As a result of such Player being unfit or unable to play or suspended, the Club has fewer than eighteen (18) skaters and two (2) goalies on its Playing Roster.
Check. The Kings would have 18 skaters on their roster, and would fall to 17 with the Kaliyev suspension.
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5. Club played its previous game with fewer than 18 and 2 (a "Roster Emergency")
Check. The Kings would play the season opener with only 11 forwards and 6 defensemen on the active roster (less than 18), and wouldn't have any cap space to call up a forward replacement.
Quoting: CBA
such Club may, beginning with the second game and continuing with all subsequent games and without any charge to the Club's Averaged Club Salary for the duration of such Roster Emergency, add to its Playing Roster the requisite number of "emergency replacement" Player(s), provided, however, that (i) each such Player may not have an Averaged Amount that is more than the then-applicable Minimum Paragraph 1 NHL Salary plus $100,000 [$875k] and (ii) each such Player may only remain on that Club's Active Roster during the period of the "Roster Emergency."
The Kings would then be able to recall a player without cap implication "during the period of the roster emergency," so long as their cap hit is $875k or less (Laferriere's cap hit is $875k).