Thread: Whose contract would you buy-out?

EVERY player on this team just won the Cup so EVERY player on this team has SOME trade value.

Buy out NOBODY.

Originally Posted by Helvetica

When a player is bought out, they become an UFA? Can we buyout one of our most expensive, longest term contracts and then re-sign at a lower cap hit?

Yes, yes...and no.

Yes, they become a UFA.

Yes, we can buy out an expensive player.

No, we cannot re-sign him. Ya know why? Because there's no way in hell any of the players would agree to it.

Originally Posted by Fyzzix

No one, honestly. Next season we have Scuderi, Penner, and Gagne coming off the books.

I hope beyond hope that Scuderi re-signs. I don't care about prospects, he's the kind of guy you keep. Period.

Originally Posted by Cup4TheKings

penner wasn't huge in the playoffs. he was a role player who under-performed during the regular season, and had an above average post-season. don't over-estimate his impact. just sayin' bud. i don't like him either, but he's a good locker-room personality

Originally Posted by Cup4TheKings

why give penner another chance? he's already given us a preview of exactly what he will do for us next year. the fact that he's divorced now changes nothing, IMO

Penner's divorce was devastating to his season. I don't expect a (prorated) 30 goal season, but I expect 20ish.

Originally Posted by 5buckcolonnade

Anschutz, that cheap bastard.

FTFY

Originally Posted by jt

I hope beyond hope that Scuderi re-signs. I don't care about prospects, he's the kind of guy you keep. Period.
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It's baffling to me why ANYONE would want to dump Scuderi. Then again, some above mentioned Quick as well....I guess LGK is BACK!

jom

Quick, Kopitar, Doughty, Brown, Richards. Oh, and Fraser. **** that guy.

Originally Posted by jt

No, we cannot re-sign him. Ya know why? Because there's no way in hell any of the players would agree to it.

I don't know how buyouts work exactly, so could you expand your explanation? If the player is bought out, they receive 2/3rds of the remaining value of their contract. If the new contract pays them greater than 1/3rd of that past contract, wouldn't it be a net gain for the player? Im sure im messing something up, but lets say a player has 6 years remaining @ 5mil per, for a total of 30 mil. If they get bought out, they receive 20 mil, and leave 10 mil on the table. If the team then resigns them for 6 years @ anything above ~1.6 per year, they still get that 10 mil over the 6 year period. So, if we resigned a guy at 3mil per for 6 years, he gains an extra 8 mil over the course of those 6 years by agreeing to the buyout.

So what is the obvious mistake im making, because there must be one or teams would do this. I know in the past, teams were still responsible for some of the cap hit, but with these amnesty buyouts, that money comes off the books completely, no?

Originally Posted by AllenA07

I feel a Doughty sucks thread about to form.

Speaking of Drew, has anyone seen him lately? Just wondering if he's in shape or if he's been hanging out at Randy's.

Originally Posted by puckstopper27

Speaking of Drew, has anyone seen him lately? Just wondering if he's in shape or if he's been hanging out at Randy's.

I heard he bought several Tim Horton's franchises during the lockout.

jom

Originally Posted by 05/29/93

The notion, even the faintest idea of buying out Carter at this time is absolutely absurd. Less than a year after paying a heavy price to get him, and after seeing the ultimate payoff, of course the Kings are going to keep him around for many years. I still think the Kings "buyouts" will actually be UFA's they let walk after this year. Gagne (most likely), Penner (possibly, depending on how this season goes), maybe Scuderi (I REALLY hope not).

Nobody has argued for it or that it would be done. I simply stated that if the Kings wanted to use a mulligan, that would be the contract that makes the most sense to use. Nobody thinks they want to or need to use it.

I would try to resign Scuderi before I even think of Penner or Gagne. Solid, experienced, winner, on the #1 defensive line.

I want to see Minnesota use their buyouts on Suter and Parise.

If there are any teams that have 3 worthy buy out options, would they be able to trade us the buyout player for compensation.
Like Player A and a 2nd round pick for our 3rd round pick? And then we buyout Player A.