Tampa can also retain some salary. If they fully retain at 50% it gives him positive trade value. Can see some of the contending teams interested if it’s like a 3 or 3.5 million cap hit. A buy out would give Tampa dead cap for two years, if they retain would even get like a late pick in return. Buy out would be the last resort. Still will have Matt Carle on the books for one more year. So it has to be fully thought out.
I mean Gourde makes sense since his NTC does not kick into July 1, I believe, same as Miller. So they both can be traded anywhere and can fetch a decent return. Moving these guys will solve a lot of Tampa’s cap issues, this year and the following year when more raises are due.
Getting back on the thread topic, I always thought Tampa signing both Miller and Gourde seemed a little off, and one was going to move, and was an insurance policy for the other. I dunno, just guessing here.
