Vinny is one of my faves but hes either re-signing in Tampa or going to Montreal.
Teams cannot re-sign players they buyout for a one year period.
No more centers. I'm perfecly fine with Couture-Thornton-Pavelski-Desjardins down the middle.
While the NHL stomped on the work-around that was trade, buy-out, and re-sign with original team, they could still do buy-out, sign, and trade to team that originally bought him out.
I saw a tweet suggesting that Vinny might sign somewhere for one year, then re-sign with Tampa next year.
EDIT: Actually, I know they closed the loop-hole that would have allowed you to trade a player to another team, have them buy him out, and then re-sign him, but what about buying him out, having another team sign him, and then re-acquiring him via trade?
It would be a dream come true personally. One year deal. Cheap like Gomez. Allow Pavs to get traded or play wing. Have the first overall picks from '97 amd '98 on the same team. Make it happen DW.
I could see the league giving both teams the Devils treatment.
I don't think Vinny will settle for 700k after he was paid 10mil
The only reason I would want it because I've heard Phil Esposito (many times on SiriusXM) go on record that he duped then Sharks GM (Deano) into making that trade that would insure that the Lightning got Vinny.
This was after the Sharks brilliant moved Koslov (right?) for Florida's 1st, which technically did end being #1 overall. Vinny should have been ours.