I would much prefer a buyout. Nice, clean capspace with no threat of recapture looming over the franchise, not to mention not having to eat the salary.
Markstrom's a guy who's already regressed after an injury, who seems to like flopping all over the ice whenever a forward breathes on him. He'll get 40 diving penalties a season if the Canucks let him act like he did at the World Juniors. I'm not happy to see him come here in the slightest.