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Old 12-29-2012, 12:09 PM   #33
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Probably noone, maybe Stajan.

As unpopular as it will be I'd like to see them agree to a new 3 year contract with J-Bo, somewhere in the 3.5-4M range, buy him out and then resign him. He'd be a steal at that price, He'd probably agree since he gets all the money. Would that be legal?
No, you can't re-sign a player that you bought out. Otherwise, every team would do that with their highest-paid player.

If you bought out the player, then re-signed him for 1/3 of his original salary, you'd get 2/3 of his salary off your cap, but he would still take home the same money.
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