Rejoint: juill. 2016
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Zaitsev will be bought on next off season
Sens don't need cap space now. Worst case scenario send him to Belleville this season (like they did for Del Zotto last year)
His salary this season is only $2,500,000 (Del Zotto was $1,750,000 last season)
No need to sacrifice any pick to dump the last year of his contract
And with the possibility that the cap goes up by 4 M$, he will most likely just be bought out
The BUYOUT COST is $1,666,667, spread over 2 years too. Very cheap.
$2,833,334 in cap hit for the 1st season, $833,334 for the 2nd year.
https://www.capfriendly.com/buyout-calculator/nikita-zaitsev