Confirmed Buy-Out [FLA] Scott Darling

[MMC]

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[hockeykicker]

actually florida is buying out darling

 

[izzy]

pretty cool couple of minutes

 

[Ezekial]

Someone explain to me why Florida would do this entire exchange

 

[Empoleon8771]

I honestly don't get why Florida traded Reimer for Darling only to buy out Darling. Both give 4 years of dead cap and a Reimer buyout had the lesser penalty for 3 of 4 years.

 

[hockeykicker]

I honestly don't get why Florida traded Reimer for Darling only to buy out Darling. Both give 4 years of dead cap and a Reimer buyout had the lesser penalty for 3 of 4 years.

didnt reimer have a huge bonus that he is about to get?

 

[hockeykicker]

Someone explain to me why Florida would do this entire exchange

 

[Empoleon8771]

didnt reimer have a huge bonus that he is about to get?

He has a $2.250 million signing bonus due in 2020-2021. That's what causes his buyout to have the higher penalty in 2020-2021, but it's less in the other 3 years.

 

[Pia8988]

They don't save anything in year 1. They lose 300k like the other 3 years, the gain in year 2.

Can't compare Reimer's cap hit to Darling's buyout hit.

 

[Ivan13]

Bobrovsky to Fla all but confirmed.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Doesn't the buyout put Florida in the same situation as Carolina was in (before they signed Ned) of having only two goalies under contract?

 

[Laus723]

Wonder if I can get a discounted Darling Panthers jersey.

 

[pled]

Someone explain to me why Florida would do this entire exchange

get 1m in cap next year and a 6th round pick

 

[pled]

I honestly don't get why Florida traded Reimer for Darling only to buy out Darling. Both give 4 years of dead cap and a Reimer buyout had the lesser penalty for 3 of 4 years.

reimer had much worst penalty year 2 because he had most of his contract in signing bonus the rest is pretty similar

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

First buyout period ended yesterday at 5 pm. Guess the League looked the other way on the 3 G under NHL contract prior to July 1st rule?

 

[Zezel22]

Good PTO option for Devils here as they need a veteran #3 to bounce between Binghampton and NJ.

 

[Kranix]

I honestly don't get why Florida traded Reimer for Darling only to buy out Darling. Both give 4 years of dead cap and a Reimer buyout had the lesser penalty for 3 of 4 years.

Maybe to do Reimer a favor

 

[Name Nameless]

Good PTO option for Devils here as they need a veteran #3 to bounce between Binghampton and NJ.

I think the problem with Darling, is he is not seen as an NHL-goaltender. Not even a tweener.

 

[Mr Positive]

Maybe to do Reimer a favor

that is an underrated factor in the NHL.

 

[Canes]

I think the problem with Darling, is he is not seen as an NHL-goaltender. Not even a tweener.

He also wasn't good in the AHL. Had the best team in the AHL in front of him and still put up worse statistics than he did in the NHL.

 

[tarheelhockey]

He also wasn't good in the AHL. Had the best team in the AHL in front of him and still put up worse statistics than he did in the NHL.

It really is wild how fast he fell off. He went from a .924 in the NHL to a .882 in the AHL in under two years. I can't think of any comparable to that.

Hard to imagine he gets any NHL contract at this point. Maybe if he's lucky, someone's willing to throw him a bone and give him a minimum salary 2-way deal with the intent to bury him in the AHL but the NHL component still there "just in case" he finds his game again.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

It really is wild how fast he fell off. He went from a .924 in the NHL to a .882 in the AHL in under two years. I can't think of any comparable to that.

Hard to imagine he gets any NHL contract at this point. Maybe if he's lucky, someone's willing to throw him a bone and give him a minimum salary 2-way deal with the intent to bury him in the AHL but the NHL component still there "just in case" he finds his game again.

I just saw on his IG that he and his girlfriend are traveling in China right now. Darling to HC Kunlun Red Star E5?

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

It really is wild how fast he fell off. He went from a .924 in the NHL to a .882 in the AHL in under two years. I can't think of any comparable to that.

Hard to imagine he gets any NHL contract at this point. Maybe if he's lucky, someone's willing to throw him a bone and give him a minimum salary 2-way deal with the intent to bury him in the AHL but the NHL component still there "just in case" he finds his game again.

Jim Carey is the first name that comes to mind. Won a Vezina at 21 and then was out of the league in 3 years.

 

[Mick Jagr]

It really is wild how fast he fell off. He went from a .924 in the NHL to a .882 in the AHL in under two years. I can't think of any comparable to that.

Hard to imagine he gets any NHL contract at this point. Maybe if he's lucky, someone's willing to throw him a bone and give him a minimum salary 2-way deal with the intent to bury him in the AHL but the NHL component still there "just in case" he finds his game again.

He caught fire on a really talented team and made the most of it. He's fortunate to have lasted as long as he did. I love his size and he's not overly old. Shouldn't have trouble finding an AHL job or somewhere in Europe.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I just saw on his IG that he and his girlfriend are traveling in China right now. Darling to HC Kunlun Red Star E5?

Moving to China wouldn't be a terrible idea in his position TBH. That NHL money would last a lot longer if converted to Yuan.

Jim Carey is the first name that comes to mind. Won a Vezina at 21 and then was out of the league in 3 years.

Yeah, that's a pretty close comparable (other than the obvious Vezina) in terms of fast fall-offs.