That sounds about right. Nielsen is basically assured of staying because of the minimum amount of salary we have to expose for the Expansion Draft. Which is fine, because we have so many UFAs and expiring contracts in the coming years, that we don't have to worry too much about finding playing time for deserving prospects.So we are just one defenceman-trade (DeKeyser?) away of not letting anything significant exposed.
Don't see it happening.
Yzerman has openly stated Abdelkader's buyout was a cash move. They saved $3.2M doing it. Holland was nice enough to bless Frans with signing bonuses, so Detroit would only save $1.3M buying him out.
LTIR requires a medical condition, and even if you are going to stretch the rules, it requires the player to be willing to call it quits on his career.
Why would Nielsen choose to end his career at random to save Ilitch money?
Don't see it happening.
Yzerman has openly stated Abdelkader's buyout was a cash move. They saved $3.2M doing it. Holland was nice enough to bless Frans with signing bonuses, so Detroit would only save $1.3M buying him out.
cant help but want him gone. Veleno on ELC would be a better option ac a 3c or filpula.
Nielsen was not bought out during that 2nd window
Trade for what?Maybe he's part of the trade (with retention) with TB everyone -- including myself -- is hoping for.
Quite sure Tampa is more interested taking back 50% retend Filppula or Erne, than ever touch to Nielsen contract.
Why would we help them out by giving them a better contract?
You've got to pay to play.
Ehhh..... What a heck do you mean?
If they want to get rid of a big contract, they're going to have to pay for the privilege of doing so.
SFY isn't going to give them a "get out of jail free" card to help them out of a potential cap crunch.
Take Nielsen, and we've got something to talk about. We'll take your "bad" contract back, but we're not going to give it to you for free; you're going to have to work for it.
We might have to take a higher cap hit for a couple of years (Stamkos or Johnson, for example), but those will be players that help the team in the long(er) run, as opposed to a player/contract that hampers the team.
I don't see Nielsen getting traded either, but OTT has had an internal cap for years, so even without looking it up, I can tell you they aren't going to be involved in any big trade where they have to eat money.IF Yzerman tries to add Nielsen on the deal, those draft picks will go to LAK, NJD, or OTT. They have better to offer.
Second buyout window will be available | TradeRumours.com
2nd buyout window..."Capfriendly tweeted out on Tuesday that a second buyout window will be available for teams that need it." ...
Why is there a thought here that Tampa Bay a cap strapped team taking on Nielsen? They need cap space out with none coming back, so even a retained Nielsen is 2.6+ million. Makes no sense! That doesn't even touch the whole he wastes a roster space for them, which they certainly don't have for an AHL player.
My only concern is the roster spot. That said, it should be easy enough to bury him without having to worry about the dollars too much as the season is likely to be significantly shortened. Maybe seeing how that is going to look and possibly similar effects for the following year, he just calls it quits.
I think it makes the most sense not to buy him out and just let him decide if he wants to play out his career in the AHL or retire and walk away. Detroit doesn't need the cap space unless there is something in the works to acquire a cap dump with solid assets attached.