The Toronto Maple Leafs placed Jake Muzzin on the Injured Reserve last night.
While I sincerely hope that Jake Muzzin is hurt longterm, the Toronto Maple Leafs should take a page out of the Tampa Bay Lightning playbook and give him a little rest until the playoffs.
Since the NHL isn’t smart enough to invent a Luxury Tax system, the best way to circumvent the salary-cap is to hide players on LTIR until the playoffs start.
Tampa Bay perfected this last season with Nikita Kucherov and it feels like the Vegas Golden Knights are doing the same this year with Mark Stone.