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Originally Posted by New Era
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.
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The Flames will only have Brouwer's contract on the books for next season. When that buyout was made, it was conceivable that the cap would continue to go up each season which limits the pain.