Rasmus Ristolainen | Ristolainen underwent surgery for a ruptured triceps tendon, the team announced Thursday. He is expected to be fine for the start of training camp.
Mattias Samuelsson | Samuelsson (shoulder) has been cleared to resume skating, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports Thursday.
Matt Nieto | Nieto (knee) was unable to get back onto the ice for the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, missing 60 games total.
Ville Husso | Husso (lower body) suffered a setback in his return from a lower-body injury in warmups with AHL Grand Rapids on Friday, Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press reports.
Carl Grundstrom | Grundstrom (lower body) was assigned to AHL Ontario on a conditioning loan Saturday.
Matt Murray | Murray (hip) was reassigned to AHL Toronto on a LTI conditioning loan Saturday.
Mark Stone | Stone (abdomen) is expected to join his teammates in a non-contact capacity for Friday's morning skate.
Filip Chytil | Chytil (head) skated with the team Friday after being medically cleared, though he remains without a clear recovery timeline, Darren Dreger of TSN reports.
Adam Fantilli | Fantilli (laceration) will miss the rest of the 2023-24 campaign, per Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.
Mikhail Sergachev | Sergachev (leg) won't be available for the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Chris Krenn of the Tampa Bay Lightning's official site reports.
Brock McGinn | McGinn underwent disc surgery on his back and will be sidelined for four months.
Scott Mayfield | Mayfield (lower body) underwent season-ending surgery, the team announced Tuesday.
Ty Emberson | Emberson (lower body) is not expected to play again this season after head coach David Quinn told reporters Monday, "Probably not with where we're at, but you never know. Stranger things have happened," per Max Miller of The Hockey News.
Josh Norris | Norris will not play again this season after undergoing shoulder surgery, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports Monday.
Logan O'Connor | Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said Sunday that O'Connor (hip) will undergo season-ending surgery, Ryan Boulding of NHL.com reports.
Vitek Vanecek | Vanecek (lower body) and a seventh-round pick were traded to San Jose from New Jersey in exchange for Kaapo Kahkonen on Friday, per Jeff Marek of Sportsnet.
Logan Couture | Couture (groin) will miss the remainder of the 2023-24 campaign, Sheng Peng of SanJoseHockeyNow.com reports.
Dougie Hamilton | Hamilton (pectoral) is in danger of missing the rest of the regular season with general manager Tom Fitzgerald telling reporters Tuesday, "It's long-term with Dougie. Will he play by the end of the season? Right now I don't know," per Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils' official site.
Kent Johnson | Johnson will undergo surgery for a torn labrum and miss the rest of the 2023-24 season, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets' official site reports.
Danny Zhilkin | Zhilkin underwent shoulder surgery this week and is out for the remainder of the season.
Matthew Poitras | Poitras underwent surgery on his right shoulder Wednesday and will miss the remainder of the season.
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When a player is injured, his team can either retain him on their active roster, counting towards the 23-man active roster limit, or place him on the Injured Reserve List (IR).
If a team opts to put their player on the Injured Reserve List, the following requirements must to be met:
Players on the Injured Reserve List may attend team meetings and meals, travel with the team, and join their practice sessions.
If a player has an injury that will prevent him from playing for at least 10 NHL games and 24 days in the NHL season, the team may place him on Long-Term Injured Reserve (LTIR), which can be used to exceed the salary cap.
Once a player is put on LTIR, the player’s cap hit stays on the team’s cap payroll. The club will not be given additional cap-space savings to be saved for use in the future. However, LTIR offers relief in case the club's averaged salary, or payroll, starts to go over the upper limit. How much relief the club will get is computed based on the date the player is put on LTIR.
Three equations can be used to decide how much LTIR relief will be given. The first, or basic equation, is used during the season and the off-season, while the second is the training-camp equation, which is used on the last day of the off-season in order to prepare for the first day of the following season. The third equation is used if the player is already on LTIR.
Once a player is cleared to play again, the team activates the player.
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