The New York Rangers have officially placed this veteran on Long-term injury reserve
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There's some bad luck in the New York Rangers' future, as Jimmy Vesey has been placed on the long-term injured reserve.
A move like this wouldn't be necessary if Vesey wouldn't be out for at least 10 NHL games or 24 days of the season.
-To qualify for LTIR, a player must be expected to miss at least 10 NHL Games AND 24 days of the NHL season
-When a player is on LTIR, a team may exceed the salary cap. Despite the common misconception, LTIR does not remove a Cap Hit from a team's overall Cap Hit, it just potentially allows the team to exceed the salary cap.
-The amount that a team may exceed the salary cap due to LTIR is commonly referred to as the «LTIR Pool»
-If a team is cap compliant on opening day without using LTIR, or uses LTIR at any point during the season, the LTIR Pool is the Cap Hit of the LTIR player less the team's cap space when the player goes on LTIR. For example, if a player with a $4M Cap Hit goes on LTIR when the team has $100K of Cap Space, the LTIR pool is $3.9M ($4M-$0.1M). Because of this, team's often make several roster moves right before a player goes on LTIR in order to be as close to the cap as possible, in order to maximize the LTIR Pool
Vesey was injured during Rangers' practice a little bit more than a week ago and had to limp off of the ice, in pain.
Vesey was set to continue his 3rd year, in his second stint with the New York Rangers. He had re-defined his skillset to become a valuable fourth liner for the team.
Last season saw Vesey score 26 points( 13 G, 13 A) in 80 games played for the Rangers.
The former Hobey Baker Award Winner was drafted by the Nashville Predators 66th overall in the 3rd round of the 2012 NHL draft.
He began his NHL career in New York however, scoring 27 points( 11 G, 16 A) in 80 games in 2015-2016.
This time around, he's found a way to stay relevant and be a consistent contributor for the offense, playing a 200-foot game for Peter Laviolette.
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