The New York Islanders placed captain Anders Lee on long-term injured reserve, the team announced Sunday.
The move is retroactive to March 11.
The Islanders ruled Lee out indefinitely Friday after he left Thursday's win over the New Jersey Devils with a lower-body injury.
Players on LTIR must miss a minimum of 10 games or 24 days, according to CapFriendly. This allows teams to exceed the salary cap and spend an amount equal to the injured player's cap hit while he remains out of the lineup.
Lee's cap hit is $7 million.
After placing Anders Lee on LTIR (retroactive to March 11), the #Islanders total Salary Pool relief now sits at $13,000,000.
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) March 14, 2021
The club is currently using $5,444,167 of that total relief, which tentatively leaves them with $7,343,333 in full cap hit space.https://t.co/Kv73KcV1JG pic.twitter.com/M44gFqaiEA
Lee leads the Islanders with 12 goals and ranks second on the club with 19 points across 27 games in 2021.
The 30-year-old is in his ninth season with the Islanders, who drafted him 152nd overall in 2009. New York named him captain in 2018-19 following John Tavares' departure.
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