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Originally Posted by Bingo
couldn't they just put him in the minors and save 900K this season anyway?
are they that tight with their plans that the extra 1.2M is a big deal?
or ... do they feel he would be a distraction to the farm team? I noticed he was a scratch for most of the end of the season down there last year.
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They save an extra 1.2M in cap space in probably a more important year (Wideman, Smid, Bollig, Engelland off next year probably gives them amply cap space that the Raymond buyout doesn't matter).
But they also save over a million dollars in actual cash. Instead of paying Raymond 3.15M this year, they pay him 1.050M this year and maybe 65k to whatever AHL replacement takes his spot, 1.050M next year. The Flames are still a business, if they can save $1,000,000.00 they will take it.