STL Shark
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Let's assume nothing happens with Vlasic and he is on the roster for the next 4 years at $7M of cap hit per season. That puts him off the roster following the 2025-26 season. Because of the structuring of his deal with signing bonuses for the final 2 years (as well as this coming season as well), the buyout relief is not as much because you don't get relief from signing bonuses. So that said as a baseline, the 3 options are basically 1) Buyout now 2) Buyout a year from now or 3) Don't buy him out and let him expire in 2026.I'm buyout knowledge deficient, so what do you mean "you get two of years of lower cap hits instead of one?" The only two years the cap hit is big is 24-25 and 25-26 and the only difference between this year and next year besides the added year is the savings they'd get this year (which if they want to compete, would be important for adding depth).
Option 1 - Buyout Now:
2022-23: $3,687,500
2023-24: $1,437,500
2024-25: $4,187,500
2025-26: $5,187,500
2026-27 thru 2029-30: $1,687,500
Option 2 - Buyout after this 2022-23 season:
2022-23: $7,000,000
2023-24: $1,444,445
2024-25: $4,194,445
2025-26: $5,194,445
2026-27 thru 2028-29: $1,694,445
So because of the signing bonus aspect, the final two years of his deal don't have a ton of cap savings that make it worthwhile to deal with his penalty on the books until 2029 if it means you only really get a single year of cap savings (at least in my opinion). If you can expand that to 2 years of meaningful cap relief, then the penalty starts to be more palatable because the reward (years of relief) is greater. Granted, you pay on him for 1 extra year, but the cap should be moving up a ton between now and 2029-30 for that to be a consideration.