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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
I don’t believe this is completely accurate. Unless by better for a year you mean $4mil. This is what cap friendly showed me:
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
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And that's why it was dubbed a buyout proof contract.
No matter when you choose to buy out Lucic you'll still be stuck with nearly the entire caphit for the years remaining on his original deal.
You would really only do it if you felt that he wasn't good enough to be the 13th forward on the team.