Contract Termination: [WPG] Byfuglien with the Jets (mod warning OP)

[Seanaconda]

Is there any type of source for this? Everything I’ve seen is to the contrary.

uhh go back to the giant thread about it. everyone was saying they were gonna stall till they could either get assets or block him from signing

idk go to the buff thread like a month before tdl is around when they figured out they could free up his cap

 

[ANDI P IS CUTE]

buff vs chara? ever happen?

 

[pictman]

they had the option to terminate betore the tdl

and tbh the reason they didnt was they didnt want him signing with another team and getting boned in the playoffs.

tbh he may play again he just may hate their mgmt

No. Chevy offered to trade him several times. He said no. He lost the desire to play. He lost the will it took him to get and keep himself in shape to play in the NHL. Just like he is a unique player , he is a unique person. He doesn't need the extra 14 million to go fishing and drink beer. He's done.

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

buff vs chara? ever happen?

eh, Buff vs Pronger was a better battle in their primes IMO

Chara post 40 and Buff post 35 is not going to be the bout it once could have been. It would be like that pacquiao vs mayweather fight when they were both in the twilight of their careers

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Have to think he hears "Man you still got it!" "You can still make a team!" For the next 5 years or so, if he decides to play some pickup hockey to pass time.

 

[tntkid]

no he didn't

Yes he did.
He held our cap space and our team hostage.

If Buff was up front about not wanting to play we would not have to let every defenseman just walk.

If he plays next season for another team I will have zero respect for him.

 

[MagicalRazor]

I'd take a chance on him on the leafs 1 year 2M

 

[BatVader]

I'd take a chance on him on the leafs 1 year 2M

On who????
Buff????
2M????
LMFAO

 

[MagicalRazor]

On who????
Buff????
2M????
LMFAO

We paid cici 4.5M for 1 year. Buffs stats are way better than cicis. corsi , points you name it . ? I dont see why it's far fetched to pay him 2M

 

[TS Quint]

I'd love to see him move back to the wing, personally. That's where he was at his best in my mind.

You take one of the best defensemen in the league and move him to the wing? Great plan.

 

[untouchable21]

We paid cici 4.5M for 1 year. Buffs stats are way better than cicis. corsi , points you name it . ? I dont see why it's far fetched to pay him 2M

Buff walked away from 14 million dollars. He’s not taking a one year deal for 2 million dollars, especially to Toronto of all places. Buff is a character but very reserved and doesn’t like talking to the media. He’s not throwing himself into the media circus in Toronto.

Plain and simple, he’s done with hockey.

 

[Whileee]

they had the option to terminate betore the tdl

and tbh the reason they didnt was they didnt want him signing with another team and getting boned in the playoffs.

tbh he may play again he just may hate their mgmt

Jets' GM said directly that he asked Buff if he would like a trade to play for another team, at the beginning of the season and again in February before the TDL. Buff told Chevy that he wasn't looking to play elsewhere, he just didn't want to play. So I guess there was a lot of misguided speculation in that HFBoards thread.

 

[Mr Positive]

would there have been a cap hit if he retired?

 

[rent free]

would there have been a cap hit if he retired?

no

 

[Merrrlin]

You take one of the best defensemen in the league and move him to the wing? Great plan.

Yes I do, because I think he'd be even better on the wing, especially as he gets older.

 

[TS Quint]

Yes I do, because I think he'd be even better on the wing, especially as he gets older.

Brilliant

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

Brilliant

While I don't agree with him playing wing, and actually agree he's probably done, it's not as if buff didn't play wing before. Both he and burns are converted wingers that played better as a defenceman.

 

[TS Quint]

While I don't agree with him playing wing, and actually agree he's probably done, it's not as if buff didn't play wing before. Both he and burns are converted wingers that played better as a defenceman.

Ok

 

[Royale With Cheese]

While I don't agree with him playing wing, and actually agree he's probably done, it's not as if buff didn't play wing before. Both he and burns are converted wingers that played better as a defenceman.

I think Byfuglien hated playing wing and was really pissed when put there with the Jets.

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

I think Byfuglien hated playing wing and was really pissed when put there with the Jets.

Also started as a winger in Chicago. If he decided he's coming back (unlikely) and a team decided that he should play wing instead of d (Even more unlikely) AND buff was cool playing as a winger instead of d for a fraction of his previous contract (more chance of me winning the lottery)... then, yeah, he wouldn't be totally out of place as a winger. It's just that there is a higher likelihood of me finding a buried unicorn in my back yard than this sequence of events

 

[Saitama]

Also started as a winger in Chicago. If he decided he's coming back (unlikely) and a team decided that he should play wing instead of d (Even more unlikely) AND buff was cool playing as a winger instead of d for a fraction of his previous contract (more chance of me winning the lottery)... then, yeah, he wouldn't be totally out of place as a winger. It's just that there is a higher likelihood of me finding a buried unicorn in my back yard than this sequence of events

I bet you haven't even checked for one!

 

[NextYear67]

Leafs or Panthers as per Sportsnet

 

[Weezeric]

Leafs or Panthers as per Sportsnet

I, for one, am shocked that Sportsnet would suggest the leafs.

 

[rent free]

I, for one, am shocked that Sportsnet would suggest the leafs.

they should've suggested the jets. he's got a history there.

 

[howkie]

Leafs or Panthers as per Sportsnet

I can see no way he wants to Toronto, but Florida, why not, Tallon, Q and good fisihing(?)