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Originally Posted by Poe969
Any chance the Flames buy anyone out?
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There is a chance they buy out Derek Ryan if they can't trade him. If the plan is to use Bennett at 3C, Ryan would be a very expensive 4C and buying him out would still save us a million or so after replacing him.
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Originally Posted by David Struch
Would it be worth it for the Flames to buyout Milan Lucic then sign him for $700,000 just like they did with Michael Stone?
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It would not. The earliest a Lucic buyout would happen is next off-season and only if he refuses to waive his NMC for the expansion draft. At which point we won't have to worry about his buyout penalty and a cost of a replacement player being higher than his cap hit until 2022-23 where the cost of a buyout plus minimal cost of a replacement would be about 400k higher than his cap hit.