slappipappi
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- Jul 22, 2010
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Booth will need to be medically cleared before he is given a conventional buyout. This is not ideal, as it causes retention of $1.3m salary, counting against the cap. However, the bylaws do allow the Canucks to spend that money as long as Booth is off the books by the start of the season or is on LTIR.
So, no problem.
I doubt that the Canucks would do a conventional buyout, the owners seem reluctant to do so.
But if they sign an expensive UFA now, on the basis that they can do a conventional buyout later, what happens if he's not healthy enough to do that when the season starts?
You obviously put him on LTIR, but what then when he gets healthy enough to play? Who goes then, because you can't buy him out? I doubt anyone would take him at that stage, you'd have to meet the cap somehow.
Potentially big problem.
The Canucks won't go over cap to a large degree and hope they can do somethnig later.