They retained 750k for two seasons. That's basically what the cap hit would have been for four years if they had bought him out. So that's the reasoning. This is better than a buyout.
That said, he's decent and they have much bigger issues on the team.
Not exactly the guy we were expecting to bring in, but it’s a low risk cost, and Maata still has some upside to where he could be useful. A sign that maybe Anderson could be heading back to Ontario this season (or Berlin I suppose).
They retained 750k for two seasons. That's basically what the cap hit would have been for four years if they had bought him out. So that's the reasoning. This is better than a buyout.
That said, he's decent and they have much bigger issues on the team.
this is the type of thing people post who have never actually watched him play.
He's slow as hell.
I don't know if it's a win for Chicago, considering the buyout is less than what is retained.
All I know is you gave up Kahun to get him and 1 year later you got an EHL level player back. That hurts.
No, but there’s still a fair amount of question marks on the left side as to if players are going to be NHL ready (Bjornfot, Clague, possibly Anderson), so this is just more insurance than anything else.