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Originally Posted by jtfrogger
A 32 year old player with 7 years left on his contract, this is a good decision for the Sabres. This is a horrendous contract for a rebuilding team. It would be an anchor by the time they are a playoff team.
Hitting the salary cap floor is easy without wasting money. They have three months to do it.
Some options to do it smartly: - offer to take assets along with bad contracts to teams close to the ceiling
- bonus laden contracts
- short term UFAs, which also have the potential to be flipped for assets at the deadline
- retaining salary on trades
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I agree. They just don't want to get stuck with that contract, which will ruin their cap space the last 7 years. It cost them money now and it might cost them money this season when they try to overpay some UFA for a short period time. I am sure some average players would be willing to get overpaid for just a season or two. That means 4 or 5 wasted contracts this season for at least $4M or so a season.