rickmac19 Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Obviously under the new CBA, each team received two buyouts. Once a team has used its buyouts, or after 2014-15, how does a team offload a "Wade Redden" contract?(This will become an issue soon when some team realizes that its big off-season FA acquisition is a stiff...)Obviously under the old CBA, a team could "Baumgartner" him--send him to the A if he clears waivers, pay him but have his salary come off of the cap. With a sheer underperformer, most teams knew which players would not attract interest in a waiver claim even at half of their gargantuan salary. How do teams shed big salary for rich slackers now?Briere and Bryzgalov's buyouts just came down to value-for-the-money. No team can remain competitive paying that much money to players who give only the value they did. Obviously, if the Flyers wanted Bryzgalov-quality net blocking, they could have signed a Ray Emery for far less money. I'm not saying that Bryzgalov did not play well in stretches nor that he never made a great save, but that for the money the Flyers paid him, he needed to change games and steal wins. I do not remember seeing that or reading much about it either. Regardless of personal feelings toward Bryzgalov, I think the Flyers HAD to buy him out. A player paid that kind of money needs to lead the NHL in something besides a dubious category, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) @rickmac19 "How do teams shed big salary for rich slackers now?" Simple answer, as far as I can figure out is....you don't. This was aimed at saving GM's from themselves. Once you get burned once, or see a pier suffer through a similar fate, you learn your lesson and smarten up with the long term deals. Edited June 26, 2013 by jammer2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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