Neutral-Zone Crap: GMs to discuss 'Kucherov Rule'...17 years later

On GM has a creative way to keep teams from skirting the salary cap in the playoffs. Plus, the latest on exceptional status players, Jesper Bratt, situational scoring and more

Mar 25, 2022

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After adding Nikita Kucherov, the Lightning were way over the salary cap in last year’s playoffs. And that’s no No. 1 bullshit.

When the NHL introduced the salary cap in 2005, the original plan for the league was to force teams to be cap-compliant in the playoffs. But in a conference call with the teams, one GM brought up a concern. What if teams run int…

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