Explaining Season-Opening Injured Reserve & How That Impacts Islanders
October 3, 2025
Explaining Season-Opening Injured Reserve & How That Impacts Islanders
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Summary: Injured players can’t be put on waivers or sent to the AHL. There are 4 injured Islanders who likely won’t make the NHL roster (Bear, Kuefler, Nurmi, and Ritchie). These players can be placed on SOIR as they are all on two-way contracts and played <50 NHL games last year. A player on SOIR’s cap hit is based on how many days they were on the NHL roster last season. Ritchie was the only one of these players who was on an NHL roster last year, so his cap hit will be prorated based on how many days he was on the Avs roster (16, Stefen doesn’t say what the hit will be, but presumably negligible), while the other 3 will have no cap hit.
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Summary: Injured players can’t be put on waivers or sent to the AHL. There are 4 injured Islanders who likely won’t make the NHL roster (Bear, Kuefler, Nurmi, and Ritchie). These players can be placed on SOIR as they are all on two-way contracts and played <50 NHL games last year. A player on SOIR’s cap hit is based on how many days they were on the NHL roster last season. Ritchie was the only one of these players who was on an NHL roster last year, so his cap hit will be prorated based on how many days he was on the Avs roster (16, Stefen doesn’t say what the hit will be, but presumably negligible), while the other 3 will have no cap hit.