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Originally Posted by Toonage
Listening to the 32 Thoughts podcast this morning and they brought up the possibility of Carolina buying out Kotkaniemi. I know this was brought up on this site before, and I think at the time I wasn't a fan of the idea, but does this kid (still only 23) fit the mold of what Conroy is after? I mean, if they're looking to rid themselves of that contract, feels like something could be done here? Makes more sense to try him at C with Huberdeau than it does putting say, Duclair on his wing only to block younger wingers if it doesn't work out. Or even if it does I suppose.
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I’d take his current contract on as a gamble/dump for them. 23 yr old centre with 5 years at $4.8….. they’d obviously have to pay for us to take us, but I’d love to be on the receiving end of that deal.
Edit: my thought process here is the cap would be more palatable to buy him out in 2-3 years if needed. But he must qualify for this 1/3rd thing, because the buyout calc shows a cap hit of ~$800,000 (and a few for half that) for 11 years…. So it doesn’t even make sense for Carolina to pay to dump him