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Originally Posted by InternationalVillager
Remaining Salary: $22M
Remaining Cap Hit: $27M
Buyout Amount: $14,666,667
Savings to BUF in Cash: $14,666,667
Savings to BUF in Cap Space: $19,666,670
Dead Cap Hits for Team who does buyout:
24-25 - $1.4M
25-26 - $4.4M
26-27 - $6.4M
27-28 - $2.4M
28-29 - $2.4M
Total Dead Cap - $19.67M
I don't see how a trade can get done. For an organization to spend $14.6M and give up $3.3M in cap space over 6 years..... I don't think there is a comparable for that. That would be an enormous amount.
Something like Benson + 2-3 First round picks variety.
NOW Skinner for the remaining 3 YEARS @ $9M per - $27M Cap space vs $22M Salary - that is something that the Flames can definitely do and should consider. That is easily worth BUF 11 OA ++ to take 3 YEARS of Skinner off BUF books. Possibly 2 firsts.
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Oh, ok. I was looking at post buy out cap hit and not earnings. Still, I could see him getting another contract after a buy out that makes him whole and gives him some control over where he goes.
Forcing the Sabres to buy him out probably makes more sense than accepting a trade to play out the contract somewhere else, unless it was a contender which given his cap hit would be unlikely.
If I were him, I'd just say no to a trade and see if they go the buy out route (unless the trade included an agreement to be bought out). I could see a contender giving him a 4x4 or 5x3.2 contract, and financially he pretty much breaks even.