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Originally Posted by N-E-B
Yeah, you’re correct, he’s still an NHL caliber player. But you can’t ignore his contract in a cap world. $4.5m AAV for what he brings is simply unacceptable.
If we buy him out I’m sure he’d land somewhere, but he wouldn’t be making nearly what he’s making now.
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That's true.
I think it would be much wiser for the Flames to try and trade him, while retaining salary and maybe taking back another less bad contract. It would lessen the dead cap space a buyout makes, but would still create some flexibility.
He is an NHL player, just terribly overpaid.