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Originally Posted by Jay Random
It won't save cap space either. The calculations involved are needlessly complicated, but what it boils down to is that if Huberdeau gets a dollar, it counts against the cap whether he is on the team or not.
According to CapFriendly, if the Flames bought Huberdeau out this summer, over 90% of his remaining contract would still count against the cap. There would be three years in which his cap hit after the buyout would still be $10.4 million.
There's absolutely no point in buying him out unless, as other posters have suggested, the league hands out more compliance buyouts with the next CBA.
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Compliance buyouts after CBA negotiations have traditionally cost 0 dollars in cap space. That would be the point, it would be free from a cap perspective if the same thing that has happened after every CBA negotiation happens after this negotiation. Totally agree no point in buying him out unless that is the scenario.