GAGLine
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- Sep 17, 2007
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This is really my only gripe at this point. If Girardi requires protection in the expansion draft, then he needs to be bought out.
What I haven't figured out is whether or teams will be able to buy out players on June 15, 2017. I don't mind keeping Girardi for one more year and then attempting to trade him at the deadline if a contender is interested in him (Rangers may not be at all next season)
Of course we'll be able to buy him out on June 15th, 2017. That's the yearly buyout window. What we won't be able to do is buy him out without incurring cap penalties. There will be no compliance buyouts.
You guys also forget that the Rangers will almost certainly have another buyout window after arbitration. Kreider, Hayes and Miller are all up for arbitration. If at least 2 of them elect arbitration, whether they get to an actual hearing or not, we will have another opportunity to buy out Girardi if we really need to.