Thank you. Wow. Major ****-up by Lou to not have that bonus date pre-buyout date.
If to be paid before July 1st, that bonus would have been part of his 2018-19 total salary.
Cap-wise, that would not have been a problem for the Leafs as they finished $3.8M+ under the cap.
However, his total salary per season would have been $8.5M, $9M and $1.25M.
That would be impossible under the year-to-year variations rule of the CBA.
His 2019-2020 salary would, for example, need to be $4M, with the first 2 years at $9.5M and $8M.
Other combinations are possible.