It would be cheaper against the cap to buy him out, Max retention would be 2 mill

Buffalo would have to add a 1st or something of equivalent value for every year left on the contract for me to take Skinner

Canucks would be massive morons if they did this. Skinner is trash.

Eriksson's cap hit comes off the books after next year, for which he gets paid $4 million actual cash. The one-third retention on Skinner means he'd cost the Canucks $6,666,667 next year, after which his total compensation for which Vancouver would be responsible is $28 million, plus the $6 million cap hit for several more years, hamstringing their economic maneuverability. I don't think that this helps the Canucks at all, and I say that as a SoCal team supporter.