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Buyout Candidate from Each Team

Created by: OldNYIfan
Team: 2019-20 Custom Team
Initial Creation Date: Mar. 22, 2020
Published: Mar. 22, 2020
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
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Left Handed
Original Team
Waivers Exempt
Right Handed
Position
Trade Clause
Max Perf. Bonus
Expiry Status
Term Remaining
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
Waivers ExemptMcDavid, Connor
$12,500,000 (Performance Bonus$250,000)
C
NMC
UFA - 5
Description
The problem with the rumored "free buyout" idea is that not all teams need one. I have difficulty coming up with buyout candidates for the following teams:

Anaheim (the Ducks don't really need to buy David Backes out)
Arizona
Boston
Carolina
Colorado
Dallas (unless they've given up on Joe Pavelski)
Florida
Las Vegas
Los Angeles (unless they are allowed to get rid of Kovalchuk's contract)
Philadelphia
Toronto (after all that cap shtuss)
Washington
Winnipeg

Would the management of these teams okay this one-time buyout without some sort of compensating action?
ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
18$84,000,000$102,216,666$0$0-$18,216,666
Left WingCentreRight Wing
Logo of the Vancouver Canucks
Eriksson, Loui
$6,000,000$6,000,000
LW, RW
NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Nashville Predators
Turris, Kyle
$6,000,000$6,000,000
C, RW
UFA - 5
Logo of the Ottawa Senators
Ryan, Bobby
$7,250,000$7,250,000
RW, LW
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 3
Logo of the St. Louis Blues
Steen, Alexander
$5,750,000$5,750,000
LW, RW, C
NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
Okposo, Kyle
$6,000,000$6,000,000
RW
M-NTC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Calgary Flames
Lucic, Milan
$5,250,000$5,250,000
LW, RW
NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Wennberg, Alexander
$4,900,000$4,900,000
C
UFA - 4
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
Neal, James
$5,750,000$5,750,000
RW, LW
UFA - 4
Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Gourde, Yanni
$5,166,666$5,166,666
C, LW, RW
NTC
UFA - 6
Logo of the Minnesota Wild
Rask, Victor
$2,000,000$2,000,000
C
UFA - 3
Logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins
Hörnqvist, Patric
$5,300,000$5,300,000
RW
NTC
UFA - 4
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Logo of the New Jersey Devils
Subban, P.K.
$9,000,000$9,000,000
RD
UFA - 3
Logo of the Detroit Red Wings
DeKeyser, Danny
$5,000,000$5,000,000
LD
NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
Seabrook, Brent
$6,875,000$6,875,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
Alzner, Karl
$4,625,000$4,625,000
LD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the New York Islanders
Boychuk, Johnny
$6,000,000$6,000,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the New York Rangers
Smith, Brendan
$4,350,000$4,350,000
LD/RD, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the San Jose Sharks
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard
$7,000,000$7,000,000
LD/RD
NMC
UFA - 7

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Mar. 22, 2020 at 6:38 p.m.
#1
okrepps185
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Penguins is Jack Johnson by far. Hornqvist still bring a lot to our team even though his cap hit is a little too high
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Mar. 22, 2020 at 6:45 p.m.
#2
Jack_
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Florida would probably get rid of Matheson or Bobrovski. I could also see doughty being a good buyout candidate. If teams with no buyout options were smart they would take on these bad contracts like Martin Jones and a high pick or prospect so they could use their compliance buyout instead of just wasting it.
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Mar. 22, 2020 at 6:46 p.m.
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SevenLeg
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Los Angeles : Quick
Boston : John Moore (Unlikely)
Winnipeg : Bryan Little
Washington : Richard Panik
Philly : Shayne Gostisbehere (Unlikely)
Mar. 22, 2020 at 6:48 p.m.
#4
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I think DeKeyser is still productive in Detroit. Abdelkader should be the better option.

Also, is Jeff Skinner not allowed to be bought out? Him and Okposo have similar production and Skinner is on a worse contract.
Mar. 22, 2020 at 6:50 p.m.
#5
Random2152
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I don't think the cap will go down or that there will be any compliance buyouts, but in a scenario where there are:

ARI: Raanta or maybe Goligoski. Raanta is good but they are going in another direction so it makes sense to get him off the books.
ANH is interesting. They don't have anything terrible right now, but some of those deals could get very bad, very quickly. I don't think it would happen because GM's are so shortsighted in this league but I would look at Fowler or Henrique.
BOS: John Moore
CAR: Not sure what direction they want to go but the easy candidates are Nino, Skjei, Gards, or one of the goalies. Unless they can get a UFA goalie I'd personally go with one of Nino or Skjei, not that it will happen (especially Skjei since they just got him).
COL: Johnsson, maybe Cole but more likely they use the slot as leverage to gain assets.
DAL: Many options. Lindell (I know it wont happen, but it should), Pavs, or Cogs.
FLA: Bob. Not sure how you missed this one.
LVK: Maybe Holden? Could likely use the slot to leverage a trade for assets.
LAK: Brown, Carter, or Quick. Could be one of those teams trading assets to lose more than one contract
PHI: Gost or Niskanen
TOR: Dubas trimmed more or less all of the fat from this roster. Can likely use the slot to gain assets.
WSH: Oshie
WPG: Little, Perrault (Buff?)
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