Looking at this buying out Abdelkader makes little sense to me. So the Savings breakdown is as follows:
1,800,000
2,300,000
2,300,000
1,055,000
1,055,000
1,055,000
The two years of saving 2 + are nice I guess but the reality is we are not under a cap crunch for any of the next 3 seasons and in the long run you really aren’t ahead. Moreover, you still need to replace Abdelkader. For the sake of argument let’s assume he is replaced at league minimum. Here are your true net savings:
1,100,000
1,550,000
1,550,000
250,000
305,000
305,000
I know you guys love to pile on to abdelkader and especially his contract but buying him out doesn’t really help us out at all.