NHL Shockwave: Aleksander Barkov’s Playoff Fate Hangs in the Balance Amid LTIR Salary Cap Drama
So it makes things tricky when it comes to what the Florida Panthers will do with Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk. Tkachuk is easy; they will place him on regular-season LTIR, knowing he will return sometime in January. But Barkov is the trickier of the two.
As George Richards of Florida Hockey Now said on Sirius XM NHL Network Radio on Monday, there is a significant recapture if the team thinks Barkov will return and play again.
“We don’t know a timeline and we’re just going to have to wait and see. I would think that in a couple of months, they might have a better grasp on that. Because, listen, there are financial ramifications here for the Panthers, if, if they think Sasha Barkov is going to be able to come back that changes how they look at the LTIR, you know, because you’re looking at a $10 million recapture versus a $4 million correction in the salary cap. So we’ll have to wait and see on that, but it’s a huge blow to Florida.”
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