Quoting: Rags21
Dude $1m isn’t going to hurt the team as long as Drury isn’t handing out massive contracts to bottom 6 players. The rangers also have players on ELCs in the future that helps with any cap trouble
The Sens currently have 3 buyouts right now and they’re doing fine cap wise lol
That's a really dumb way of thinking tbh.
Who knows, maybe if the Sens didn't have that buyout money on the books they'd be able to use that ~ 5 million dollars to acquire a player who would have made them a much better team.
Having one million dollars in dead cap is not the end of the world, true, but you'd definitely rather not have it all things being equal.