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Salary Cap: Hypothetical Compliance Buyout

Who would you use a compliance buyout on?

  • Kampf

    Votes: 3 6.4%

  • Reaves

    Votes: 4 8.5%

  • Rielly

    Votes: 27 57.4%

  • Domi

    Votes: 10 21.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 3 6.4%

  • Nylander

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    47
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I want to gauge the fan base. If the NHL hypothetically granted 1 compliance buyout (buyout a player with no cap hit): who would you want the Leafs to use it on?

I’d like to make it clear that I know there is no world where another compliance buyout would be granted.

I put what seemed like the obvious candidates in the poll but feel free to mention a player that isn’t in the poll.
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I picked Domi becuase Kampf and reaves have little to no value and short term leafs can manage. Reaves you can send to the minors and Kampf can still be serviceable as 4th liner. Rielly has trade value and you could make a trade to get something back. A compliance buy out on Kampf or reaves would be a waste.

Domi and his cap hit and term won’t return anything. Better off cutting ties and using the cap space elsewhere.
 
Apex Predator said:
I picked Domi becuase Kampf and reaves have little to no value and short term leafs can manage. Reaves you can send to the minors and Kampf can still be serviceable as 4th liner. Rielly has trade value and you could make a trade to get something back. A compliance buy out on Kampf or reaves would be a waste.

Domi and his cap hit and term won’t return anything. Better off cutting ties and using the cap space elsewhere.
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I agree with the logic of not picking Reaves or Kampf but I disagree with the Rielly comment. If he won’t accept a trade anywhere then he doesn't have trade value.
 
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I used to follow the Collective Agreements rules quite closely, I do not anymore.

Anyone care to explain how a compliance buyout works? I am interested but it's a lazy Sunday for me :)
 
That is a tough question.

After the playoffs and before the draft ...

Domi or Rielly

Domi would only have 3 years left, and it is half Rielly's Cap.
Rielly is a serviceable defenseman, but is this year a trend, and he has 5 years left at 7.5mm.
You aren't getting a 1st. pairing defender for 3.75mm, even if you add a couple million to the offer.
But if you add a couple million to $7.5, now you're looking at an amount that should (hope) land a good 1st. pairing defender.

This wouldn't be saying Domi is more valuable, but his Cap isn't enough to make a dramatic impact.
 
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For me, it's time for Rielly to move on.

Even at half his cap hit, I still wouldn't be pleased with his play !!!

Rielly isn't providing much offense to offset his defensive deficiencies. He doesn't possess a heavy shot from the point and IS NOT much of a PP QB.

JMHO.
 
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Five more years of Reilly at 7.5 mil, eh? That's the obvious choice. You can replace his abilities and production with someone making like 3 mil.

Domi is pacing for around 35 points/82. Yeah, he doesn't score goals, but that's still reasonable production. He hits. Has heart. He's maybe a mil overpaid at the moment.
 
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Throw More Waffles said:
Five more years of Reilly at 7.5 mil, eh? That's the obvious choice. You can replace his abilities and production with someone making like 3 mil.

Domi is pacing for around 35 points/82. Yeah, he doesn't score goals, but that's still reasonable production. He hits. Has heart. He's maybe a mil overpaid at the moment.
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Completely agree on the Rielly pick.

Saying Domi hits makes me wonder if you watch the games. He’s 2nd last among Leafs forwards in hits. For further perspective: little Nicky has triple the amount of hits that Domi has this season.
 
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It is shocking to see how much Rielly has declined this season.

His foot speed, and start and stop strides makes Tavares seem like Mcdavid.
And to make it worse, his read on plays is also not the greatest and he also is slow to react to plays.

By the end of his shifts, his legs seem to be absolutely lactic acid filled, and he is skating on mud.

We already know how his D play is.

We know he can't shoot it at the net, without hitting 10 shinpads first. No clapper.

Requires his D partner to compensate for like 8 years now.

HOW IN THE EFFING WORLD IS THIS GUY NOT TRADED THIS OFFSEASON

THE WORST LEAF FOR THE $

ITS A BREACH OF CONTRACT TO SHOW UP THIS BAD AND OUT OF SHAPE AND CAPABILITY

DRUG TEST HIM FOR OPIOIDS - WE CAN GET HIS 7MIL FOR A REAL PLAYER(s)
 
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In theory it would be Rielly because you could get the biggest fresh start by moving on from him with zero penalty other than cash and would wipe away all trade protections.

Kampf and Reaves are too marginal to waste a compliance buyout on. If anything I would look to acquire someone else's Patrick Marleau and buy them out for them using MLSE financial power.
 
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Stephen said:
In theory it would be Rielly because you could get the biggest fresh start by moving on from him with zero penalty other than cash and would wipe away all trade protections.

Kampf and Reaves are too marginal to waste a compliance buyout on. If anything I would look to acquire someone else's Patrick Marleau and buy them out for them using MLSE financial power.
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I thought about this too. Was that an option in 2013?

Also - how many teams would be trying to do the same thing? How many teams would give up prime assets to dump their 2nd worst contract?
 
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ToneDog said:
That Italian Leaf guy warned everybody a year before they resigned Rielly. Not many believed him but he looks more prophetic than Nostanumbnuts.
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There were plenty of people warning that an 8-year deal could go sour sooner than later, based on Rielly's poor defensive play and reliance on his skating. And Rielly has never been regarded as anything more than average defensively, or else he would have gotten more than 7.5. I used to think the metrics that showed him in the bottom 10-20% of the league defensively were exaggerated, but now...

Anyway it's gotta be Rielly as things stand now, but if the CBA doesn't significantly change then chances are the money will be used to sign another D to a similar megadeal which will just kick the can down the road a bit.
 
If there is a buyout option without cap consequences, for me it would be Reilly. His replacement value for what he brings is maybe $4M if I were to estimate.

Marner is the easy choice if Leafs are going to pay him $11M+ though but his replacement value is maybe $8-9M from a player who might be slightly less offensive minded but who would be more capable and willing to sacrifice in April.
 
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It is shocking to see how much Rielly has declined this season.

His foot speed, and start and stop strides makes Tavares seem like Mcdavid.
And to make it worse, his read on plays is also not the greatest and he also is slow to react to plays.

By the end of his shifts, his legs seem to be absolutely lactic acid filled, and he is skating on mud.

We already know how his D play is.

We know he can't shoot it at the net, without hitting 10 shinpads first. No clapper.

Requires his D partner to compensate for like 8 years now.

HOW IN THE EFFING WORLD IS THIS GUY NOT TRADED THIS OFFSEASON

THE WORST LEAF FOR THE $

ITS A BREACH OF CONTRACT TO SHOW UP THIS BAD AND OUT OF SHAPE AND CAPABILITY

DRUG TEST HIM FOR OPIOIDS - WE CAN GET HIS 7MIL FOR A REAL PLAYER(s)
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Agree totally it's a breach now contract. Rielly is playing like some sort of guy using drugs or something. It's unreal how bad he has been.
 
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