Yes, and they usually occur when the player is tired of playing in the minors and wants to go back to Europe. And the NHL team doesn't pay the player a damn thing for this transaction. That's the point. Obviously Avs and Nuke could mutually terminate the deal, if Nuke would be just fine losing the rest of his contract. I somehow have a feeling he's not going to do that.
That’s definitely not always true. Mitch Miller got paid for his termination and to f*** off.
Sure. An ELC with no cap implications anyway. Not really relevant to the point I'm making here.
I agree. And then the NHL would step in and say "you can't do that, you are clearly circumventing the cap system by essentially buying out a player without any cap implications".
It is the same thing… a mutual termination and agreement to settle an amount.
Well we have been talking about two completely different scenarios. Nice to know that after like 20 messages.
I mentioned it in a post on the last page that you quoted!
I personally think that there are going to be teams interested in Nuke, even with that cap hit because the next strike means he’s gone for good. And Nuke would obviously waive because he would want to continue playing.I mentioned it in a post on the last page that you quoted!
The odds of getting out for nothing are almost non existent. The contract is too long and carries too much risk with the cap hit to trade (plus’s nuke has a NMC). The buyout pretty much gets out of the cap hit for 2 years, but has stiff punishment for 4 years then falls to manageable. I really think this ends with a termination/buyout with a ~2m penalty give or take some… and nuke gets low 8 figures.
I can’t see it with the term left. If there was a year or two, sure. But 6… that’s an eternity. He could turn it around for 2 and start screwing up again and the whole process has to start over. Thats not even an unlikely outcome. Now if he’s a UFA where he gets on a prove it deal… teams will fall all over themselves for a chance.
And Mitchell Miller happened just last season. The whole discussion around here has been around all the parties involved.
Contract is front loaded, so Nuke has already been paid $13.5M minus any amount lost from Phase 2 treatment (I forget if salary is withheld).
Hopefully Nuke will come back stronger then ever before to prove us that we were wrong about trying to ditch him somewhere. I will forgive Nuke if he comes back next season and re-ups his game and scores even more points in the season and more goals in the playoffs.
Russian roulette but it spits out cap hits, settlements, and of course - a bullet
We will have to take Nuke back if he promises Avs that he will score twice as much points during the next season and twice as much goals during the next playoffs. Nuke is Avs property and he is currently under active contract. We can't just get rid of him. Just like that. He is a superstar.
F*** Val Nichushkin. I would trade him for a bag of basmati rice today.
You are a teacher. Don't you know that you usually can give your student a 2nd or a 3rd chance to change for the better? Hopefully Nuke comes back in 6 month and will continue be even a better player on and off the ice.
Sometimes I wonder if you have even the slightest clue what you're posting
