Kyle Okposo to IR

[Thorner]

Just now, Shootica said:

Bona-Fide Long-Term Injured Reserve is the term they use in the CBA, for those wondering.

Doesn't surprise me @Taro Tknows the lingo down to the detail and I do not. 

[jsb]

Wasn't Kyle O supposed to be back playing against the Caps this week? Has there been any update on him? Placing him on IR was that a move to get Rasmus A on the ice or are we doing Sabres day to day as out for 2 months again? INTK

[pi2000]

IR is the new "retirement"

[Curt]

32 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

IR is the new "retirement"

You are thinking of LTIR.  IR is just 7 days, I believe, and usually short term.

[Brawndo]

He’s practicing this Afternoon with the team

[Taro T]

46 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

He’s practicing this Afternoon with the team

Would seem to have been a formality then to get both Asplund & Johansson into the lineup without making Irwin, Thompson, nor Ullmark (nor Okposo for that matter) have to pass through waivers.

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, Curt said:

You are thinking of LTIR.  IR is just 7 days, I believe, and usually short term.

Yep.  Regular IR is minimum 7 days, but it can be retroactive to when the player 1st was out.  

No cap savings realized from being on regular IR; there's actually a cap penalty of sorts as both the injured player & his replacement count against the team's cap & both salaries need to fit within the team's alloted cap space.