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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 30, 2022 at 12:38 p.m.
Thread: Really Exploring the Space
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Islesforthecup</b></div><div>Youre not allowed to have a condition on a buyout. So its the isles taking mrazek for a 3rd and a 5th. Whatever they do with him is their business. Also it might only be ~1 million this year but its a total of 4,733,332 that we have to eat on this buyout. Id expect at least a 2nd for that. Not to mention dead cap on the books for 4 years. Lou did a really good job at clearing the books of dead/bad cap and taking mrazek on is a terrible way to go.</div></div>

The dead cap is small enough to be something I wouldn't consider a hindrance going forward. I think if Toronto could get their hands on a 2023 2nd (maybe trading Kerfoot?) I'd want that rather than 3rd/5th but I don't think you can ask for much more than that. You also have to assume that other teams that can just absorb Mrazek (Chicago/Arizona/whoever) would be asking for a 1st to eat the contract, so if you have a lower ask you'll probably be more likely to get the picks.

It's a gamble to take, but for a team with a decent amount of bigger contracts expiring throughout the 4 years that the buyout would be on the cap, I think it's an interesting framework to explore.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 28, 2022 at 8:52 p.m.