Blittner’s Blue Line: Fixing LTIR Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - April 30, 2024April 30, 20240 LTIR. For those of you who don’t know, those four letters stand for Long-Term Injured Reserve. It is a designation the NHL gives players who are out of action with an injury that will force them to miss an extended amount of time. It also allows teams to get some