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Originally Posted by getbak
No, there were compliance buyouts available after both post-cap lockouts.
After the 2005 lockout, compliance buyouts were needed because some teams couldn't have iced cap-compliant rosters without them. That's how the Flames got McCarty.
The 2013 lockout didn't need compliance buyouts as much as 2005, but I guess they were justified because the players' share of HRR was reduced from 57% to 50%.
I don't know if there are likely to be any changes in the next CBA that will justify offering compliance buyouts. The players are unlikely to want them again because although the money doesn't count against the cap, it still counts as part of the players' share of revenue.
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The rich teams love them, so they'll probably be there.
But all of this lockout discussion is because of one of Oil Stain's more effective deflections recently. The main thing to concentrate on is that Lucic sucks, has one of the worst contracts in the league, and the oilers are stuck with him for either a few more years, or a lot more years. Haha. E=NG.