The Predators have to credit their depth to helping with the win, as younger guys like Kole Sherwood contributed to the win. And in an interesting context in regards to this game, despite it being the first regular season game, the teams were allowed to not be salary compliant.
How does it work, you ask?
According to our friends at CapFriendly.com, they are only allowed to build their cap-compliant roster with players who traveled to Prague.
Luckily for the Predators, they're already under the cap with $3.9 Million in cap space, however the same can't be said for San Jose.
As Nikolai Knyzhov is current the only Sharks player on LTIR, they will have to figure out a way to get compliant by Tuesday.
Is there an asterisk by cap rules in international play? Asking for a friend Gary.
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8 OCTOBRE | 207 ANSWERS Gary Bettman grants two teams temporary salary cap exemptions ahead of Tuesday deadline Should the Preds and Sharks have to be cap compliant for these games? | ||
Yes, it's the regular season | 149 | 72 % |
No, these rules are fine | 58 | 28 % |
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