[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

When others have labeled Lucic’s contract as “buy out proof”, this is what they mean:

If he is bought out next summer, his cap hits are:

20/21: $5,500,000
21/22: $4,000,000
22/23: $5,500,000
2023 through to end of 2026: $500,000

Bought out summer 2021:
21/22: $4,083,333
22/23: $5,583,333
2023 through to end of 2025: $583,333

Bought out summer 2022:
22/23: $5,333,333
23/24: $333,333

So, as you can see, a Lucic buyout offers negligible cap savings for his contract years.

What was Chiarelli thinking when he made that deal? I think the Canucks were the other team interested in Lucic at the time but considering the player lost a step already at that time he should have been thinking about making the contract up so the last few years were somewhat buyout friendly.