[News] Buffalo to compliance buyout Ehrhoff

[StrykerSteve]

He's still good for 40-50 points a year, I don't watch him enough to know how he is in his own end.

[calf]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

The language of the CBA says that not meeting the floor is considered circumvention which would result in fines, loss of draft picks, and/or suspension of front office personnel.

No precedence as to how severe the penalty would be.

They're going to feel real stupid if they lose their 2015 first round pick.

[killer_carlson]

He is still a good player who will sign for $5 million plus on july 1

[Ashasx]

Buffalo might not win a game this season.

[mrdonkey]

Originally Posted by calf

They're going to feel real stupid if they lose their 2015 first round pick.

The league will probably just give it back.

[Miniac]

Wow Buffalo.. tanking before the season even starts..

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by jeffman

I think Erhoff could be a good pick up for the Flames to add defensive depth

he's still a lot more than depth

he's a top pairing PMD and can still run a power play

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Recapture penalties made the contract impossible to keep or trade.

edit: numbers were off

recapture numbers here:
http://capgeek.com/recapture-grid

So the recapture penalty would have been $10m (if he retired in the next 3 years, or less if later)

How much will the buyout cost them?

[Erick Estrada]

Maybe they plan on outbidding everyone for Niskanen? Moulson back? Hiller? Tim Murray isn't an idiot and I'm sure they will reach the cap floor. It's possible he wasn't a good locker room fit and they wanted to move on rather than tolerate it. I don't have an issue with the move if this is the case as they can pretty well outbid the entire league for anyone they want in free agency. It's just a matter of convincing players to come there but some of these UFA's will be just about the money so that likely won't be a big deal.

[calgarybean]

This makes no sense....words escape me.

Well done Buffalo.

[kn]

If there's any justice, the Sabres finish last and lose the draft lottery next year. I'm really starting to get a dislike of this organization.

[JJ1532]

Didn't realise that now they have the lowest cap payroll. 2nd lowest being us.(as per Capgeek)

[SoulOfTheFlame]

I really hope they lose their first round pick if they try to tank this hard. This is no way to do business.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Buffalo will be 19 million below the cap floor.

Buyout will pay Ehrhoff until 2028.

That is just absurd.

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by mrdonkey

The league will probably just give it back.

Yup and that's part of the problem. I doubt any team that thinks they might be under the floor will lose their 1st round selection. Then the money penalty probably means nothing to a guy like Pegula. Better off paying fine than keeping Ehroff or signing a long term deal with big money to a ufa that can never live up to contract. What was the other penalty? I think office personnel get suspended. Lol do they really need a GM in place for the entire year to tank for McDavid? A 2-4 week holiday to Hawaii in the middle of the season is just what the doctor ordered in able to keep mind fresh for the draft.

[Enoch Root]

After the buyout, the Sabres are $20.6m short of the floor, counting 14 contracts.

Assuming at least 2 kids are going to play (Grigorenko, Zadorov, Reinhart - take your pick), that would mean that they would need to spend about $19m on the remaining 7 contracts.

And of course, with each additional kid, those numbers get worse.

[Arsenal14]

Over/under on how many games the Sabres win next season - 10? They aren't even trying to hide their tanking. And in a few years when all of these top draft picks start developing people are going to point to this team as a model for how to rebuild. Disgusting.

[bubbsy]

i don't understand.

Erhoff is still a decent/good player. Was there really no team willing to trade for him?

[irrevocable]

Pretty disgusting. 2028?!? -_-

[dammage79]

I can't see how they do this without having something in place first. There's too much salary to add via fa. Just sucks as they're likely taking a couple trades off of the flames plates.