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The latter.  The QO is due early July - it's just to retain a players rights and doesn't guarantee that he signs a contract or makes the roster.  He's going abroad so he'll probably just pass on signing a deal.  Vancouver retained Tryamkin's rights by qualifying him when he decided to leave - had no incidence on their cap situation.  

He had back surgery - his 2nd.  He's had recurrent back issues and had missed quite a bit of time because of it.  Don't see how dealing with an issue that severely impaired him is cap circumvention.  

Giordano took quite the pay cut in Toronto because he thinks they are able to win it all - 2 year deal at 800K.  

LeBrun on Insider Trading reported that CBJ are just going to let things play out rather than try and salvage their season.  They have too many injuries + it's a special draft coming up.  They could start to sell well before the TDL.  Miller wouldn't be the C to interest them. 

Chicago are rebuilding and even tanking.  They project their rebuild to last minimum 5 years and want to do it right this time.  DeBrincat was younger than Boeser but was considered too old to be part of their future core. 

Would expect them to want futures in trades for their players.  They've signed several expiring UFAs on the hope to off-load them at the TDL.  

LAK has no room at F and will likely have to move out a winger this off-season.  Pearson also far too slow.  Kings have become a really fast team.

Blake also insists on age fit - Pearson too old for the players they are building around.

Anaheim.  

They will try and sell Klingberg at the TDL for futures to help towards their rebuild.  

They are already included in the cap figures - players on IR and LTIR count against the cap.  They have just over 3M but a roster of 26 and a few unsigned RFAs.  They have to demote 4 players just to be able to sign Laine and not exceed the 23 player limit.  4 players at near league minimum is already an additional 3M.  

CBJ were already trying to move out a few players to create roster spots for their prospects -  they have too many wingers. 

10 assets for the Phaneuf trade between Ottawa and Toronto.

Also 10 assets involved in the 3-way trade of Brassard between PIT/VGK and OTT.

There were several at 9 assets - the Krueger trade between Arizona/Chicago and the Kessel one between Penguins/Toronto, the Duchene trade (3 teams), Karlsson trade.

He signed with NJD.  

The NHL at some point will make their own tracking data available.

Sznajder's work is used by quite a few.  Link in the tweet - it's behind a paywall.

Can't see Florida trading their D1.  They already have a C1 in Barkov.  

With the war it's a risk.  Players need a visa to come over and play and that could be  sanctions levied at some point.  There could also be pressure to not come over.

Country club as opposed to business/pro environment.  It's when players get too comfortable and are content and taking things too leisurely vs acting like pros and giving their all to win.

It's part of their "why they will win series".  They are likely doing it for all 16 teams.  

Not a chance.  He's a legit top pairing D on an excellent cap hit.

@Dazzle the Wild had a terrible prospect pool under Fletcher.  He had given up so many draft picks to improve the team at the TDL.  The Wild’s pool was completely depleted when they hired Fenton ahead of the 2018 draft.  He was replaced a year later by Guerin.

Nothing.  Other than his NMC Holland made it clear he’s not giving up key assets for rentals.

1st day of next season so normally 1 July.

For players on multi-year deals it’s 1 year before their deals expire.  For those on 1 year deals it’s 6 months ahead (typically 1 January).  

The contract is backloaded.  IE his cap hit has been higher than the salary he has earned so far.  

The buyout cap hit is the cap hit less the salary savings.  So the higher the salary left to pay, the higher the salary savings - which in turn reduces the buyout cap hit.  **

Myers is under 26 so they only owe him a 3rd of his salary (after 26 it's 2/3rds).  His salary is 3.8M - a 3rd is 1.266M and it's spread over twice the remaining length of the contract so 633K next season and the season after.

Instead of getting 3.8M next season he'll only get paid 633K which gives Nashville a salary savings of 3.167M.  His cap hit is 2.55M.  So 2.55M less the salary savings of 3.167M gives a negative buyout cap hit of 617K.  Will be 633K in year 2.

It somewhat compensates for his cap hit being higher than the salary he has been paid up to the buyout - ie they had 2.55M on the books when his salary was only 1.3M.

**  It's done that way mostly to avoid teams front-loading contracts - would be too easy for rich teams to artificially reduce the AAV by front loading the contract and then buying the players out a few years later.  This way the lower the salary left to pay, the lower the salary savings so the higher the buyout cap hit on the years left of the contract.  Myers is the opposite situation where his deal is backloaded but it's the same math and for him it becomes a negative buyout cap hit for the final year of his contract. 

CapFriendly has a buyout calculator: https://www.capfriendly.com/buyout-calculator/philippe-myers

It has happened in the past.  Jared Cowen for Toronto had a negative buyout cap hit in year 1 at -650K and 750K in year 2: https://www.capfriendly.com/players/jared-cowen  

@VancouverHabitant  Don't see Nashville willing to take back Hamonic - too old, too expensive and not very good anymore.  Poile has also never invested much in their 3rd pairing because their top-4 plays the bulk of the minutes.  

A Myers buyout gives Nashville an additional 600K+ in cap space on top of clearing his contract.  The buyout has a negative cap hit (ie it gives them more cap space) because of how the contract is structured. 

Since Rutherford was hired in June 2014 there has only been the the Neal for Hornqvist/Spaling trade between Nashville/Pittsburgh.

@VancouverHabitant That's who I was thinking of with that last sentence.  He can't get into their lineup with Hynes saying there are details to his game that he has to work on.  

Part of that Ellis trade was also to clear his contract - Poile openly talked about how Ellis is the better player but feels it's important for them to start getting younger.

Wouldn't surprise me if they try and move Ph. Myers this off-season or just buy him out.  A buyout could be the better solution rather than take back a bad contract.  

Poile announced that they were entering a rebuild this summer - called it a competitive rebuild but now calls it a competitive transition to get younger and probably to justify extending Ekholm rather than trading him for futures.

Ellis for Glass/Ph. Myers and trading Arvidsson for 2x 2nds was part of that new direction to get younger.  Don't really see Rutherford giving up the futures Nashville would want in a trade.  

If they make a young player available it's likely because they don't think he'll become the player they thought.