The Golden Knights have added a bit of cap flexibility as CapFriendly reports (Twitter link) that defenseman Nicolas Hague and center Brett Howden have been transferred to LTIR. Both players were injured last month and the placements have been dated retroactive accordingly – Hague to March 15th and Howden to March 21st. With the designations, both players have to miss at least 10 games and 24 days from the placement which means Hague is pretty close to being eligible to return already.
The moves boost Vegas’ usable LTIR space to just over $5MM which gives them enough flexibility to bring other players up from AHL Henderson if need be. The Golden Knights have an extra forward and defenseman on the roster already so no further reinforcements are necessary and if they did call someone up, it would count towards one of their four post-deadline regular recalls since they’re not in an emergency situation.
However, it’s worth noting that they’re still well short of being…
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