Canucker
Go Hawks!
I think we all know & can agree that the Aqualini's want to win & at any cost. If they don't mind spending to the cap (and over the last few seasons) & don't mind spending for the extra things (sleep doctors, all the dressing room improvements...etc) I would have to think they wouldn't mind spending money on a buy out with a lower cap.
I'm sure he'd probably be ok with it too, but it would obviously depend on the return and how much he wanted to spend on said return. Eating one year of Steven Reinprecht's $2+m salary might have been worth the 3rd rounder from Florida, but who knows if he wants to spend the kind of dollars to buyout a long term contract like DiPietro's, that would take some serious picks/prospects.