Boston Bruins: Buy-Out Window Implications
Boston Bruins: Buy-Out Window Implications And Potential Options For The Future
If the Boston Bruins plan on using a buy-out on Dennis Seidenberg or Jimmy Hayes, they will get their chance to do so as of 12:00pm EST on June 15th.
Just five years after helping the team win their first Stanley Cup since 1972, Seidenberg is looking more like a liability than an asset when considering his age, recent-injury history, and cap hit.
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If the Bruins do decide to use a buy-out on the aging veteran, they will save $2,833,334 this season, $1,833,334 next season, and they will be charged $1.116,666 in each of the next two seasons. In a perfect world, the Bruins would be able to trade away Dennis Seidenberg while retaining a portion of his cap hit up to the maximum 50% allowed. The Bruins would much rather save $2,000,000 in each of the next four seasons than be on the hook for $1,000,000 in two of the next four as the team attempts to build a new contender.
In the case of Jimmy Hayes , a buyout would save the Bruins $1,583,334 this season, $1,683,334 next season, and cost them $816,666 over the next two seasons. While Hayes was ineffective at best throughout the season, living up to expectation of being a 6-foot-6, 221 pound winger who fails to use his size, he probably isn’t the best buyout candidate.
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If the Bruins can find a trade partner this off-season who would be willing to take on the $2,300,000 cap hit each season that comes along with Hayes over the next two years, they should jump on it. If a trade doesn’t materialize, they would be better off keeping Hayes in hopes that he has a better season this year.
If the Bruins choose to wait one more season to use a buyout on Jimmy Hayes, they would save $1,666,667 this season, and take on a $833,333 cap hit next season. Assuming the Bruins do give Hayes one more chance, and he fails to provide any value again this season, then a buyout would be far more digestible given the fact that the $833,333 cap hit would only last one season and would likely be more of an inconvenience than an actual issue.
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The Bruins’ could look to use the buyout window this season, but it simply isn’t a route the team has historically used. Fans would like to see a solution to the blue-line woes sooner, rather than later, but hoping that the Bruins’ use a buy-out probably isn’t the most realistic expectation.