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Originally Posted by Adam B
So short answer:
A buyout in Hockey means that a portion of their cap hit is spread out among the years they have left. It stays on the salary cap until it runs out. FHM does occasionally offer the ability to have compliance buyout - which means that there's no cap hit for anyone.
So Yes it eats salary cap space. No, nothing makes it go away. No, you can't re-sign him, at least for a year.
1.7 is manageable though.
Still, we've been robbed of what would have been the most epic thing for Hockey Fans: The retirement of Shea Weber under the pre-2020 rules. Had Weber retired before his contract was done at one point Nashville would have had a cap penalty of almost $25 million dollars in one year (and over 12 in some too)!
As a full-time member of Team Chaos, I was all for that.
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Thanks for clearing that up! I guess I will have to suck it up and take it as a lesson for the future. Think before pressing that button.
And wow didn't know that about Weber? Guess he was a gentleman (typical Shea) and probably decided not to retire then and destroy Nashville in the process haha.