LTIR candidates: Brad Marchand ($6.125 million), Charlie McAvoy ($9.5 million), Matt Grzelcyk ($3.687 million)
LTIR pool moves: The most recent practice lines in Boston have a projected roster of 23 active players including 15 forwards, including Taylor Hall (who may not be ready to start the season), Jakub Luako, A.J. Greer, Jack Studnicka and six defencemen. However, this roster is $3,730,833 over the cap, which is more than LTIR candidate Grzelcyk’s $3,687,500 cap hit.
A solution is to waive and demote Chris Wagner, send down waiver-exempt Lauko, and recall John Beecher ($925,000) and Lysell ($894,000). This roster of 15 forwards, six defencemen and two goalies is $3,660,833 over the cap, which is $27,000 less than the maximum LTIR pool with Grzelcyk on LTIR. Subsequently, they could place McAvoy and Marchand on LTIR, adding their cap hits to their LTIR pool and available cap space, and then flip back Beecher and Fabian Lysell for Lauko and Wagner.