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Originally Posted by DoubleK
You must be watching different hockey games than I am.
Lucic has been far from bad this year.
Obviously that cap space could be deployed better in an alternate reality, but that simply isn't the case. Paying someone to not play for you in a flat cap scenario is utter lunacy.
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Lucic has sucked for the most part. The bar is so low for some guys (Lucic and Bennett) that as long as they get their skates on the right feet and don't soil themselves they've had a great game. I have way higher expectation on a player making $5.25M!
As to paying someone not to play for you? The Flames and pretty well every other team in the league is doing it. Some are paying the same player to not play for them (Ottawa and LA are BOTH paying Phanuef not to play!). The only teams not paying players through buy out or salary retention from trades are San Jose, St. Louis, and Washington, although Washington has a player buried in the minors. It's part of the business. Christ, the Rangers are paying just under $13M in buyout this year! That's crazy, but they have the roster to do it and it sets them up better down the line.