The Nuge
Some say…
That rental could be Brent Burns for example. And the trade may be made with a contract in place for the following year. Or you could be getting paid to eat some other teams bad contract so that they can make another move. The point is you just don't know what doors you may be closing.
There is also the bonus overage issue to consider. If Ference's contract is on the books it makes an overage due to bonuses for McDavid, Draisailt and Nurse much more likely. Ference's deal could trigger overages that exceed the buyout carryover.
If we're tight enough to the cap that we would need to buy out Ference, there's no way we can afford Burns the following year. Draisaitl is looking at like a $3 million raise, which is Korpi's salary, and then some, and we don't have anyone else coming off the books