Illegal roster between end of season and arbitration

[nivshah]

Going over roster/cap limits towards the end of the season

A related question, say, for example, a team makes a dozen of such final day claims. In doing so, he goes way over his team’s cap space and roster limits. Will the system allow this team to participate in arbitration in this illegal state? I don’t think it should.

Teams do not have to make their rosters legal before arbitration because the 60-day IL goes away, meaning stashed 60-day IL players would leave a team’s roster in an illegal state.