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Originally Posted by The Cobra
You are assuming that the Flames owners would approve of that many millions being thrown away.
I assume if that could have been authorized, it would have been done.
The Flames just made a trade that many (initially) considered questionable at best and saved about $10M in real dollars in doing so.
I doubt they were going to pay $15M for Neal to go away.
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Yep
And Haynes article pretty much lays it out.
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In general, he says buying out a contract and carrying it on the book for eight years (if buying out four years) or six years (if buying out three years) just isn’t palatable for teams — and in particular, owners.
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