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Originally Posted by Karl
In this case, there was good reason for that. He's not been good enough as a top 6 guy.
Brouwer being deployed in the bottom 6 blender is largely his fault because he was crap for 80% of last year when he got hurt and hasn't been much better for a good portion of this year.
He had a fair chance to redeem himself this year by getting a regular shot in the top 6 earlier in the year but he whiffed on that chance.
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Brouwer isn't even good enough to be a bottom six guy. He's a black hole on whatever line he's placed on.
There is literally no reason why he shouldn't be bought out. Even the "they are too cheap" argument doesn't hold water. You could buy Brouwer out and bring on a minimum wage player who would do no worse, and still save $2 million. And, in fact, buying him out gives us an extra $3 million to spend next year on a better player, and $3 million in 2019-20 to help pay for Matt Tkachuk's raise. The $1.5 mil in dead space in 20-21 and 21-22 is worth getting out from under that mistake.