Waived: Raymond waived with purpose of being bought out

[Dertell]

Chiasson makes 800K, not 1.85. Am I missing something? Regardless, Raymond is bad.

Added Raymond's dead money.

Raymond's bad but he's better than Chiasson.

 

[Mr Lebowski]

I wish nothing but the best for Raymond but this was the right move

 

[Bouma Fett*]

Added Raymond's dead money.

Raymond's bad but he's better than Chiasson.

Maybe in a vacuum but not for this team. Not how our roster makeup is set

 

[Volica]

Added Raymond's dead money.

Raymond's bad but he's better than Chiasson.

That's really not how it works though, right?

Another player being bought out =/= a new players cap hit

Raymond wasn't a fit, he might be the better player but he wasn't working in Calgary.

 

[scoringmachine]

Hope they buy out wideman and sign Shattenkirik

 

[Ace Rimmer]

So deadline for buyouts to occur was a couple hours ago - why no news?

 

[MonyontheMoney]

So deadline for buyouts to occur was a couple hours ago - why no news?

He was bought out, don't know how to put tweets into my posts, but it was on the Flames Twitter earlier.

 

[MakeCgyGreatAgain]

Yeah right now he has a $2.2 million cap hit next season, while the buyout will cost the Flames $1.05 million cap hit for two more seasons.

Doesn't seem like very much.

Maybe dominoes to go after Stamkos?

Ace since you know the CBA very well I've been curious. In a case like Raymond, can the team buying out a player take the buyout cap hit for the first season instead of having two years of dead money. Personally it would be better to just take the hit for this season and be free and clear next year.

 

[Anglesmith]

Ace since you know the CBA very well I've been curious. In a case like Raymond, can the team buying out a player take the buyout cap hit for the first season instead of having two years of dead money. Personally it would be better to just take the hit for this season and be free and clear next year.

Unless we're lining up an important acquisition in FA this year.

And anyway, doing the latter defeats the purpose of a buyout.

 

[MakeCgyGreatAgain]

Unless we're lining up an important acquisition in FA this year.

And anyway, doing the latter defeats the purpose of a buyout.

Very true. If that's the case than I'm hoping its Okposo.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Ace since you know the CBA very well I've been curious. In a case like Raymond, can the team buying out a player take the buyout cap hit for the first season instead of having two years of dead money. Personally it would be better to just take the hit for this season and be free and clear next year.

You cannot as far as I know. This is done specifically as a way to deter GMs from buying out players, or offering contracts which might result in buyouts.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

You cannot as far as I know. This is done specifically as a way to deter GMs from buying out players, or offering contracts which might result in buyouts.

Yeah the wording of the CBA is fairly specific if I recall. Pretty sure you can't do that.

 

[MakeCgyGreatAgain]

You cannot as far as I know. This is done specifically as a way to deter GMs from buying out players, or offering contracts which might result in buyouts.

Yeah the wording of the CBA is fairly specific if I recall. Pretty sure you can't do that.

Thanks guys. It's good to know.