Speculation: Who gets bought out?

[57special]

And read the last one. If he's crocked, he'll just go to LTIR and presumably his contract is insured.

And what happens when you keep making claims on your insurance? Rates go up. It will cost , one way or another.

 

[ponder719]

It seemed like Danny B was shopping him pretty hard at one point

Offering a player for trade is not anywhere near the same thing as being willing to carry a cap hit until 2029-30 to get rid of someone three years early. I could absolutely see us trading Risto, but that doesn't make him a credible buyout candidate. Look to our impending UFAs for those.

 

[TFHockey]

Nurse and Campbell from the Oilers

Campbell yes. Nurse, no. Not a realistic take.

 

[Washed Up 29YearOld]

Another guy I wonder about is Risto in Philadelphia it just hasn't worked in Philadelphia

Having watched him play hundreds of times, I don’t think it’ll work anywhere

 

[JKG33]

Campbell gets bought out, signs for minimum in LA and rediscovers his game for a second time. Beats Edmonton in their annual 1st rd matchup, leading to the implosion of the Oilers and the end of the McDrai era

 

[lanceuppercut75]

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[lanceuppercut75]

This is a good list, but I'd probably split these guys into 2 categories.

1. 30+ guys who are probably bottom-pair D's. These are guys you could probably move Schmidt for in a one-for-one, maybe retaining a bit of salary to even things out. Savard, Jensen, Murphy, Ruuta

Murphy, Savard and Jensen are 2nd pairing D and too good to be considered "bottom pairing". They're upgrades on Pionk. That could change in a couple of years, but as of now, they're all legit #4 guys at worst. Rutta is a question mark. Maybe bottom pairing quality. Maybe 2nd pairing. Hard to tell with that Sharks blueline.

 

[Whalers Fan]

Gallagher

Not this summer. Habs don't need the cap space or the roster spot yet.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Travis Hamonic is pretty much a lock.

I wouldn't discount the possibility of a Jonas Korpisalo buyout either.

Hamonic is a lock to be bought out.

Ottawa would carry a $366,000 cap hit for the next two seasons once the buyout takes place.

Steve Staios is open for business as Senators prepare for NHL draft in Vegas

 

[KevinRedkey]

When did it become a thing to say Josh Norris is bad?

He's not a bad player, he just can't stay healthy. He reminds me of Boeser who people called bad, but just couldn't play 75-82 games. Suddenly, he plays a full season and is good. If Norris can play a full season at some stage, he'll score 50-70 points and he's worth $8m, especially with the cap going up. If the shoulder injury has ruined him, he'll just go on LTIR.

He's not outright bad. He's just not worth 8 million and very likely never will be. He's also always injured and if a buyout is possible - it's for 1/3 this summer as he's still under the age cutoff. If he would stay on LTIR for an entire year (or several), at least Ottawa could allocate that to a rental - but they can't because he always comes back which would put them over the cap ceiling.

Boeser's worst single season point total as a regular saw him net just about 40% more points than what Norris has managed to put up the last 2 years combined, and Norris is likely to start 2024-25 in LTIR again. Enough is enough and it's time to cut losses on this one.

IDK if it's possible to buy out Norris though. There's nothing explicitly stating you can't buy-out an injured player - but my understanding is a buy-out requires the player be put on waivers, which I believe isn't an option for an injured player (like Norris). If it is possible, then it would be a mistake to let this opportunity pass as the buy-out is only easy to swallow this summer, and never again.