So Vatanen will be on LTIR for quite some time so no need to buyout E (other than the obvious that he sucks) right away. Not all 4 of Svech, Street, Bert, and Frk will be making the team even if Tatar is traded.

I don't think you can buyout Ericsson now, I think the buyout window has closed. They might be able to if:The first is the most common - the regular buyout window. The start of this window shifts - it is either June 15th or 48 hours after the Cup is awarded, whichever is later. This window ends at 5pm EST on June 30th, just in time to let the dust settle before free agency starts.
The second is a window related to arbitration, and it carries some extra restrictions. For this window to open, the team has to have a player that filed for arbitration. This window opens on the third day after the team's last arbitration is concluded (or settled, if it doesn't make it to a hearing) and is open for 48 hours. There are also restrictions on which players can be bought out - First, the player has to have been on the reserve list as of the last trade deadline (so no buying out that off-season signing you regret until the next trade deadline). Second, there is a minimum cap value for a contract to be eligible for this - $2.75m AAV initially, but the value goes up based on the average league salary each year. The notable absence in those restrictions is that it has nothing to do with who went to arbitration, any player who meets those two restrictions can be bought out. There's one last catch, though - this can only be done three times by each team. Not three times per year - three times over the entire length of the current CBA.

I don't think Holland will buyout anyone. But Holland needs to do something. We cannot afford to lose Tatar. We can afford to lose Nyquist, DeKeyser, Abdelkader, Helm, and Mrazek/Howard though. Holland needs to wake up and commit to a frickin rebuild and realize Tatar has been the only player to produce anything the past few years. Hank and Tatar never let you down.

I would argue that nyquist hasn't either. Although the goals weren't there this year, the olaymakig very much so was.




Gotta fill roster spots. Street and frk are done developing and will look good in the press box. Bert and svech are ready