Burish is well overpaid (1,85 mil.) and there is 2 years left in his contract after this season.
San Jose has still 2 compliance buyouts left and if i have understand system right they can use it next summer but not after that.
Will SJ buyout Burish or should they?
Do I think they should, sure. Do I think DW will, no not at all. IMO, Wilson holds on to a player he acquires long after it is apparent it was a bad fit. He may eventually trade him, more likely just not resign him, but buying him out seems very un-DW.
More likely he will do next to nothing or make a trade that leaves most of us going how (or why) in the world did he do that. I was playing with capgeek and came up with a roster that does not buy anyone out and would make us, IMO, much more competitive. It assumes a trade to NYI centered on NEMO for DeHaan, plus Kennedy traded (probably for pick). I did go complete fantasy land by picking up two UFA Defensemen in Fayne and Hainsey, plus bringing Greiss in as a back-up (hey, I like Greiss).
CapGeek Armchair GM Roster
FORWARDS
Patrick Marleau ($6.667m) / Logan Couture ($6.000m) / Tommy Wingels ($3.200m)
Tomas Hertl ($0.925m) / Joe Thornton ($6.750m) / Brent Burns ($5.760m)
Raffi Torres ($2.000m) / Joe Pavelski ($6.000m) / Matt Nieto ($0.759m)
James Sheppard ($1.000m) / Andrew Desjardins ($0.750m) / Martin Havlat ($5.000m)
Adam Burish ($1.850m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Marc-Edouard Vlasic ($4.250m) / Mark Fayne ($3.500m)
Ron Hainsey ($3.000m) / Jason Demers ($3.500m)
Calvin de Haan ($2.250m) / Justin Braun ($1.250m)
Matt Irwin ($1.000m) / Brad Stuart ($3.600m)
GOALTENDERS
Alex Stalock ($1.200m)
Thomas Greiss ($0.800m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $71,100,000; CAP PAYROLL: $71,010,833; BONUSES: $590,833
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $89,167
Now if it were me, I would ask for a fwd prospect (Sundsrtrum?) from NYI in addition to DeHaan for Nemo and also would buy out Havlat. That would give us room to operate at the deadline if/when we need it (or to sign a better goalie than Greiss to pair with Stalock).