What is the cost of moving R Jo? Seems like that, by itself, it is at least a first. Any team acquiring him has to either pay him $4M next year or buy him out ofr $2.67M.
That's a lot of coin. Maybe the ducks send back McGuinn (currently on IR)? He's pretty much the only bad contract the ducks have that runs passed this year.
If the Avs wanted to dump RyJo's contract, they could probably follow what the Islanders did with Josh Bailey last season. The Blackhawks bought out the last year of his deal and it costs them :
$2.666M cap hit - 2023-24
$1.166M cap hit - 2024-25
to buy out the last year of Bailey's $5M contract. The NYI paid a 2nd round pick to get rid of him.
With RyJo, an argument could be made that if he was bought out, it could potentially cost a bit less since the cap hit penalty is less (since Nashville is eating half of it) :
$1.333M cap hit - 2024-25
$1.333M cap hit - 2025-26
Would be the penalty if bought out by the acquiring team.