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Speculation: Buyout candidates

Djp

Djp

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I think you will see some more buyouts than expected from teams with tight cap space.

Many on here are saying...I’ll be able to give away this $5M cap hit for fair value.

Columbus could buy out Wennberg at1/3 as a 25 yr old. This will open up $4M in space.
 
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WTFMAN99

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Djp said:
I think you will see some more buyouts than expected from teams with tight cap space.

Many on here are saying...I’ll be able to give away this $5M cap hit for fair value.

Columbus could buy out Wennberg at1/3 as a 25 yr old. This will open up $4M in space.
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No point in keeping him if Torts is staying, they don't mix.
 

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Lukin1978 said:
Anything to get rid of Jack Johnson
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Maybe it’s just me but I don’t think he’s worth buying out.

I think he’s capable of playing bottom pair minutes and do the PK. He’s great at blocking shots and being strong on the puck in corners (though he’s not good at basically everything else). Pair him with a offensive minded 3rd paring guy like Montour from Buffalo and I think it’s not a bad bottom pair.

Would rather try to get a guy that could help him out like Montour rather than buy him out and be stuck with the penalty for years. Especially since he only makes 3.5m.
 
DarthProbert

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Djp said:
I think you will see some more buyouts than expected from teams with tight cap space.

Many on here are saying...I’ll be able to give away this $5M cap hit for fair value.

Columbus could buy out Wennberg at1/3 as a 25 yr old. This will open up $4M in space.
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WTFMAN99 said:
No point in keeping him if Torts is staying, they don't mix.
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Wennberg finally started shooting in the playoffs and got results for it. He's a keeper again. Jackets aren't that tight for space.
 
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Captain Mountain

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LEAFANFORLIFE23 said:
I'm surprised that hasn't already happened
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Montreal hasn't needed any extra cap space and can afford to park him in the minors. They still probably don't. They also like the veteran leadership from a development perspective.

They may buy him out now if they don't need the cap space, since, due to bonuses, he'd have a high hit next season, a hit just under 2 mil the next season and a pretty negligible hit the next two seasons.
 
belair

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DarthProbert said:
Wennberg finally started shooting in the playoffs and got results for it. He's a keeper again. Jackets aren't that tight for space.
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That guy is such an enigma. He's played his entire career on a team that needs centers but he's proceed to produce like a puck-moving defenseman. He never shoots and teams know it.

The fact that he's 25 and still relatively responsible defensively has me thinking that a team would still probably pay him well if the Jackets decided to buy him out.

Weird player.
 
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WTFMAN99

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belair said:
That guy is such an enigma. He's played his entire career on a team that needs centers but he's proceed to produce like a puck-moving defenseman. He never shoots and teams know it.

The fact that he's 25 and still relatively responsible defensively has me thinking that a team would still probably pay him well if the Jackets decided to buy him out.

Weird player.
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He's probably closer to a 2.5M player, 3M at the most if someone got desperate.
 
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