That's the second insider report that Bishop has been considered as a buyout candidate. Even if it doesn't particularly make sense, where there's smoke there's fire.
Who wants this smoke?
Maybe they're facing a situation where he’s being LTIRetired and the stars don’t want to deal with it if possible? It puts them in a vulnerable position if khudobin is taken by Seattle because it means they probably need to sign a platoon guy.
If Miro is as good as he thinks he is, then he should be able to drag a bottom pairing guy who complements his style into playing top 4 minutes. Like a zubov-niskanen situation, basically. I think Oleksiak is very optional if he does have a high price tag or big term. It's not like he's anything special that we absolutely have to hold on to, he'd be very replaceable in free agency. I think this year's free agency will be a great opportunity to get some reasonable deals because of the cap crunch, this would be the year to wait until the free agency period to negotiate some of these deals. What I'm afraid of is that we have a handshake deal in place with Oleksiak, and that it sucks and is longer than 2 or 3 years. The whole point of having Klingberg and Heiskanen on the same team is that you can skimp on a few pieces and use that money where you're weaker.
TBH, I'm surprised at the low numbers being thrown around here for expectations for Oleksiak's salary, I'd expect that in free agency he's something around 4.5Mx4, and I don't really see him giving the Stars much of a discount. He's not worth that, but that's what I would expect. He's a top 4 D who is enormous and can skate, teams love that shit (including this one).
