ST. LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 25: Nicklas Grossmann #8 of the Calgary Flames skates against the St. Louis Blues at the Scottrade Center on October 25, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/NHLI via Getty Images)
This has somehow both been a long time coming, and something that should have never had to happen to begin with.
When the Flames signed Nicklas Grossmann, it was explicitly for cap purposes in order to maximize the team's usage of LTIR, should it have been necessary to dip into through the season.