Buyouts are subject to escrow.
Lundqvist's salary is $4.5M +$1M signing bonus (presumably already paid), so it costs NYR $3M instead of $4.5 (before escrow)
I think they'd be better off with the extra 1.5 in space next year compared to saving 3M this year, unless maybe they try to sign Krug and trade Deangelo.
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