Assuming Flames want to pay $$ they can also trade Lucic for a player with a similarly bad contract but not structured with a bonus so the buyout is more team friendly and the other team gets a $1 million dollar player and real money savings
For example if a team wanted to dump a 4 million $ player they would save 3$ million is real
Money for a 1.5 million cap increase (Lucic)
Flames can then buy out the $4 million player for cap
Savings (Lucics cap - buyout amount )
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