There's probably upwards of 15-20 teams that would like him at the right price, say $1M even, in a flat-cap world. Whether that competition will bump up his price at all is anyone's guess.
Waived: [VAN] Canucks placing Braden Holtby on unconditional waivers for the purpose of a buyout [cleared]
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In the 5 game stretch, he played like old Holtby. The rest - he was a sieve. Didn't help that the team left him out to dry but he was NOT good.
Hivemind
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So instead of retaining salary for this one year, they buy him out and have his cap hit impact them this year AND next year? Seems smart...
I agree, when the team actually showed up and he hadn't been left to rot on the bench for weeks he was quite good. However he was the textbook definition of "cannon fodder" getting almost all the really tough games while his teammates abandoned him to his fate. They had better play a LOT better in front of whomever the poor bastard is that they hire to replace him since Green's utilization of goalies is terrible...
Hoglander
I'm Höglander. I can do whatever I want.
But Benning said 8 teams were interested.
What a lying piece of shit
What a lying piece of shit
Painful Quandary
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There may have been 8 teams interested in being paid a pick to take on his contract or doing a bad contract swap.
CupInSIX
My cap runneth over
Interested in bending him over behind the woodshed, maybe.
If Islanders are hard up for capspace, I would trade Varlamov and try sign Holtby to like 2.5M or less for 1 year(Varlamov has a 5M caphit). We have the Mitch Korn/Trotz connection that might make it easier to go for a cheap deal.
CascadiaPuck
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Did Benning say that? Or was that reported by someone else? I don't doubt that there would have been many teams kicking the tires to see if retention was an option or trading a draft pick with the player.
I'm no Benning fan, but I'm not prepared to ding the guy ("lying piece of shit") if it didn't actually happen.
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For 1 million as a backup? The guy won a cup and veizna. There'd be GMs interested. Whether they should be is another thing.
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Was the second year just so they had a G that met the expansion eligibility after protecting Demko? I'm confused why they signed him to 2 years just to do this.
He looked really good to me the first few games of the year and then everything fell apart there. He was hung out to dry a lot, but he is declining. He stole the first game of the year for Vancouver. He kept them in a few more from what I seen, but that was just the start of the year.
What a sly ninja for drumming up interest! Definitely does not make him look like an idiot for buying him out 24 hours later!
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Benning 2020:
Re-sign Virtanen
Sign Holtby
Trade for Schmidt
Benning 2021:
Buyout Virtanen
Buyout Holtby
Trade Schmidt
Re-sign Virtanen
Sign Holtby
Trade for Schmidt
Benning 2021:
Buyout Virtanen
Buyout Holtby
Trade Schmidt
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Dr Pepper
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Lol
Yeah, I saw that meme too.
Still not entirely sure why it was Dallas that pushed hardest for him, but whatever.
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