Speculation: Compliance Buyouts
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Anglesmith
Setting up the play?
If I was ownership, I'd say no to any and all potential buy-outs. There's really no incentive for them to just throw away money like that during a rebuild.
InfinityIggy
Zagidulin's Dad
Yung Rotini
6 Summers
True. I just really hate having the name "Shane O'Brien" in the organization, even if he's with Adirondack
Mr Lebowski
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Candidates are
SOB, D.Jones, Wideman
We don't really have any too bad contracts but we shouldn't use any compliance buyouts
SOB is a good leader in Adirondack (need to learn how to spell that or make a shorter name like Abby for Abbotsford) and he has one year left. And only 2mil hit. Maybe non compliance but nonreason to waste a compliance huyout on him. Jones can sit inthe presser if need be but he was physical this year and he helps us make the floor. Wideman can still be moved for value, don't see where a compliance buyout is needed unless we tet someone like Clarkson from Toronto. Clarkson + pick or prospect for nohing and then buy out Clarkson or keep him until we need capmspace or if he's just taking up space for younger players then buy him out.
SOB, D.Jones, Wideman
We don't really have any too bad contracts but we shouldn't use any compliance buyouts
SOB is a good leader in Adirondack (need to learn how to spell that or make a shorter name like Abby for Abbotsford) and he has one year left. And only 2mil hit. Maybe non compliance but nonreason to waste a compliance huyout on him. Jones can sit inthe presser if need be but he was physical this year and he helps us make the floor. Wideman can still be moved for value, don't see where a compliance buyout is needed unless we tet someone like Clarkson from Toronto. Clarkson + pick or prospect for nohing and then buy out Clarkson or keep him until we need capmspace or if he's just taking up space for younger players then buy him out.
Yung Rotini
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Johnny Hoxville
The Return of a Legend
Another interesting question is, who else around the NHL could be bought out and would the Flames be in the market for those guys. It was an interesting point made about Havlat in the other thread. Maybe the Flames do the Sharks a solid, and take Havlat for a pick or prospect and save the Sharks from buying him out.
Mr Lebowski
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Yung Rotini
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Personally i'd rather have Havlat. Sure, the Flames are trying to be "truculent" but there needs to be some skill too. If Havlat can stay healthy he'll be much more productive than Clarkson.
Also Havlat's contract isn't nearly as bad with less of a cap hit and shorter term.
Pirate King Luffy
Ferkland
Clarkson cannot be bought out with a compliance buyout...he signed his contract after the new CBA. Only those who signed before are eligible for the compliance buyout.
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Lunatik
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then why would you want to buyout a contract who's cap ramifications would continue after we are all dead and gone?
the only candidate for the Flames is SOB and it would not be a compliance buyout.
@Gillies, There is a better chance you get bought out than Wideman. Even Jones is extremely unlikely in our cap situation.
Pirate King Luffy
Ferkland
Ace Rimmer
Stoke me a clipper.
I don't think the Flames buy anyone out - it's not like they need the cap space. Maybe use the CBO on SOB - frees up a million worth of cap space next year, but it's not needed.
I wouldn't be surprised to see them go a step further and take on players from other teams with questionable contracts to help out (at a price).
Buying out Jones might make sense if he doesn't fit into the team's long term (2015-16) plans, I suppose.
Buying out Wideman makes no sense whatsoever.
I wouldn't be surprised to see them go a step further and take on players from other teams with questionable contracts to help out (at a price).
Buying out Jones might make sense if he doesn't fit into the team's long term (2015-16) plans, I suppose.
Buying out Wideman makes no sense whatsoever.
Wideman traded at 50% retention would fetch some value in a package out east.
That is the only realistic option I see the new GM using to make an impact right away without losing youth, or creating a new hole.
That is the only realistic option I see the new GM using to make an impact right away without losing youth, or creating a new hole.
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Wideman (50% retained salary) to Det for 15th overall pick......
Ground work for a trade with those two being the central pieces?
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I'd give Wideman and D. Jones another year before we think of buying them out. Hopefully Jones can get back to being a 15, 20 goal scorer and Wideman just needs to avoid injury and work on his defense.
Unlimited Chequing
Christian Yellow
We don't need to waste our compliance buyouts on either of these two (or anyone on our team). Neither of these contracts are impossible to move, long term, nor are they keeping us from moving ahead especially since we are nowhere near the cap.
If we wasted a compliance buyout on a $2M cap hit with 1 year left in SOB, we'd be laughed at. Organizations spend that kind of money on prospects that may or not may not even make it to the big team.
If we wasted a compliance buyout on a $2M cap hit with 1 year left in SOB, we'd be laughed at. Organizations spend that kind of money on prospects that may or not may not even make it to the big team.
Pirate King Luffy
Ferkland
It's not like we don't need Wideman's 5.25 million. Who are we gonna spend it on? After this season he has 3 years left. By then we will maybe be in playoffs and we won' t have to worry about Wideman.
