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Originally Posted by Fire
It would hardly be a colossal mistake. It just adds one more year with a cap hit of $1.5 million.
If bought out this season:
2018-19 $1.5 cap hit
2019-20 $1.5 cap hit
2020-21 $1.5 cap hit
2021-22 $1.5 cap hit
If bought out next season:
2018-19 $4.5 cap hit
2019-20 $1.5 cap hit
2020-21 $1.5 cap hit
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Alright fair enough, the colossal might been a bit of hyperbole, but that last season could be a big one. Hamilton's contract will be up and Tkachuk, Ferland, Bennett, Jankowski and etc might all get big raises by then. $1.5M might not seem big now, but at that moment it could be the difference between a $1.5m player or a $3m player.
We have a lot of cap space this off season, so I'm ok with the idea of burning 1 more year of his contract. I'll bet Brad thinks the same way as well.