Good locker room guy though
Too many old school GM’s in the league. They pay money for crap like that. Instead of an absurd contract go hire Dwayne Johnson as a motivational speaker. Cheaper and it won’t be on the cap
He has a Stanley Cup, is making crazy bank...what does he care? lol.
But yeah, the guy should have never left the Kings, he was made for that team and hell, he would still be useful there. If anything, Oilers shouldn't buy him out, they should just calculate what the buyout cap hit will be and then just retain it and see if anyone will want him after that.
Lucic - 6m cap hit.
4yrs remaining
What's it come to, like 625k a year?
So if you're Chiapet, why not retain like 1m, then dump him, instead of paying 625k a year for 8yrs, you pay 4m of his salary for 4yrs. Maybe if you can get a better deal, you actually retain 4.5m of that 4yrs (total) so his cap hit is 4.875m/yr.
That might not be ideal, but it's better than taking a 6m cap hit.
For the Oilers, it's better than that than buying him out and being on the hook for 8yrs of his cap penalty on their cap space which will really mess with them when guys like Yamamoto get better and want their coin.