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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
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.
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It's easy to say when it's not your $9 million dollars. If the Flames buy him out there's no doubt another team picks him up. I imagine the owners tell the GM over and over; "
We are going to give you the resources to spend to the cap but we expect that we will be paying for players to contribute to the Flames." I can imagine that nothing ruffles these owners feathers more than paying out two years salary for an employee that is working for a competitor. We have never seen the Flames buyout a contract with the size and term of Brouwer's and I simply don't think that's going to change. I would love to see him gone but I simply don't think it's going to happen.