Thread: [News] James Neal on waivers
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Old 02-17-2021, 11:09 AM   #164
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Originally Posted by Mayo View Post
Just checked out the Oilers forum and it's mass delusion - they still believe it was a landslide W for them in this trade
A lot of that is because they think they can buy him out easily.
That is not exactly true.

A buyout next summer would leave a cap hit of $1,916,667 until 24-25 ( 4 more seasons).

While that on its own isn't too crazy, they will still be paying Sekera $1,500,000 and Lucic $750,000 until 22-23.

When they buy him out, for two years they will have a dead cap of $4,166,667

Even if you don't count Sekera, they are still paing 2.5M against the cap for two seasons for nothing.
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