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Originally Posted by Parallex
Why?
4.5+1.5+1.5 = 7.5M vs 1.5+1.5+1.5+1.5 = 6M
What pressing need will we have three years hence that will require that 1.5M in cap space? It's not like the penalty is significantly longer... it's having Brouwer on the books for three years rather then four (and buying him out this year saves them 1.5M real dollars). YMMV but I think it makes more sense to buy him out now.
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He's still a warm body, so I don't think you can conclude it saves them 1.5M unless you're assuming he would be waived and placed in the minors, which I don't think would be the case. So they'd need a replacement, and a replacement (for example) like Foo comes in at ~0.9M extra making the net difference of buying out Brouwer at around 0.6M. Of course can change depending on who replaces him.
An NHL veteran with playoff experience, and a letter for his leadership. Easy to see why they would rather keep him around then save 0.6M in salary at the end of the year. That's assuming they don't need to move him to sign Hanifin long term.
And honestly, if you look just at him as a player and not his cap-hit, a big veteran NHL player who had past success and a strong playoff a couple years ago is absolutely fine as a 12th or extra forward. Slight chance of bouncing back to 15-15, but even 5-15-20 statline on the fourth line would be fine.