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Originally Posted by fleury
As much as his skating is lumbering, the guy was very consistent in the playoffs. Even dare I say, one of the better players through effort and smarts. This team is neither here nor there, despite the no rebuild messaging squeaking through between the lines. While I’m all for getting rid of him through buyout or trade, I do wonder what the purpose is at this point? Dealing means you give up valuable assets in picks. Buyout is ownership dollars where he’s not a main problem. I say for this year just suck it up and keep him. Going forward in todays NHL every single player has to have the ability to skate. Having him on the roster prevents that identity slightly, as he’s the slowest, but others like Toffoli are in the same boat. In a year where I don’t have much confidence anyway, I don’t mind having him around as he’s smarter than most guys and plays hard.
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A buyout costs the owners 666,000 dollars as opposed to paying him 1 million. I am sure they are not worried about the money. It just does not save you much cap space this year. When you factor in the replacement player it is probably more cap space to buy him out and sign a replacement player, it would actually cost you cap space.