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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
I’m not going to try to defend Brouwer too much because I don’t think his play up to this point has warranted any. But with the shear amount of cap space we have, I personally don’t think there’s any need in adding dead money to the 21-22 season when we might actually need the space then. Brad Treliving is the gm of this team and he’ll make the final decision on it, but I can almost guarantee that he’ll look at from same standpoint.
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As has been shown to you already, the only net cost of buying him out this year is the $1.5M in 21/22. Are there contracts due at that time? Of course. But there will also be young replacements on the D-corp, and also in net.
$1.5M in 2021/22, when the cap will probably be between $85 and 90M, is not a concern.
If Treliving sees an opportunity to improve the team his year, he is going to take it. And even though there is a fair amount of cap space available for a move, he would probably still want to have room to make another move as the season unfolds.
I agree that if nothing happens this summer, and they have miles of cap space, then it makes sense to let Brouwer eat popcorn and wait until next year to buy him out.
But the cost of buying him out is minimal, and gives Treliving lots of flexibility. Suggesting he sees it your way is short-sighted.