<Li> If a club has team - or player - elected salary arbitration cases, within 48 hours of the last arbitration award or settlement of the last arbitration case prior to the arbitration hearing . <Ol> <Li> Such a player must have been on a club's 90 - player reserve list at the previous trade deadline . </Li> </Ol> </Li> <Ol> <Li> Such a player must have been on a club's 90 - player reserve list at the previous trade deadline . </Li> </Ol> <Li> Such a player must have been on a club's 90 - player reserve list at the previous trade deadline . </Li> <P> Salaries of players playing for an NHL team count against its salary cap, while the salaries of players playing for a team's minor league affiliates do not . NHL teams have waived players with high salaries, thereby freeing up salary cap space for other signings . In 2010, Wade Redden of the New York Rangers, Sheldon Souray of the Edmonton Oilers and Jeff Finger of the Toronto Maple Leafs were all assigned to their team's AHL affiliate without any other team putting in a claim . </P>

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