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Originally Posted by moon
Why give up a high pick when you can just buy a guy out and not hurt your team.
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The Flames gave up a 2nd rounder rather than pay Kotalik to go away (and paying him $3m to play elsewhere would effectively be a buyout).
Some of the internal cap teams might also have mandates from ownership not to buy out players.
But Feaster said theyre not interested in taking crappy contracts to get picks, even though cap hit isnt an issue. And he might well be telling the truth. Cap hit wasn't an issue with Kotalik either, the Flames ownership effectively just sold off a 2nd round pick for $3m.
Yes, the club is in a different position now, but given that history, it's quite possible that ownership simply isn't willing to pay millions in cash out of their pockets to get picks.