This just in. Seven NHL players were bought out Friday as teams prepare for the first day of free agency tomorrow.
The full list was first reported by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
Full list is: Murphy & Bouma (CAL,) Hayes (BOS), Jokinen (FLA), Stuart (WIN), Cammalleri & Smith-Pelly (NJ).
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 30, 2017
The buyout list includes Ryan Murphy ($787,500*) and Lance Bouma ($2.2 M*) from Calgary, Jimmy Hayes ($2.3 M*) from Boston, Jussi Jokinen ($4 M*) from Florida, Mark Stuart ($2.625 M*) from Winnipeg, and Michael Cammalleri ($5 M*) and Devante Smith-Pelly ($1.3 M*) from New Jersey.
The list does not include Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik. Capitals’ senior reporter Mike Vogel wrote Friday that Orpik’s “presence and experience is important as the Caps try to integrate at least one and perhaps two rookie blueliners into their lineup” next season.
The biggest name players bought out include the Devils’ alternate captain Mike Cammalleri, who scored 31 points in 61 games last year, and Panthers forward Jussi Jokinen, who is a year removed from a 60-point season.
Buying out the 34-year-old Jokinen saves the Panthers $2.7 million on their cap this year and next. Buying out the 35-year-old Cammalleri will save the Devils $3.34 million over the next two years, but will lose the team $1.67 million from their cap during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.
If you want to dig deeper, here are the details from Cap Friendly.
With Jussi Jokinen on unconditional waivers for purpose of a buy-out, here's how it breaks down against the #Panthers cap over next 2 years. pic.twitter.com/ePDzVeFils
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 30, 2017
With Jimmy Hayes on unconditional waivers for purpose of a buy-out, here's how it breaks down against the #Bruins cap over next 2 years. pic.twitter.com/OqrsfGboHd
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 30, 2017
With Mark Stuart on unconditional waivers for purpose of a buy-out, here's how it breaks down against the #NHLJets cap over next 2 years. pic.twitter.com/szS43n8q2a
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 30, 2017
With Mike Cammalleri on unconditional waivers for purpose of a buy-out, here's how it breaks down against the #Devils cap over next 4 years. pic.twitter.com/OKlKkA7C83
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 30, 2017
With Devante Smith-Pelly on unconditional waivers for purpose of a buy-out, here's how it breaks down against #Devils cap over next 2 years. pic.twitter.com/1caP5QWU3h
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 30, 2017
With Lance Bouma on unconditional waivers for purpose of a buy-out, here's how it breaks down against the #Flames cap over next 2 years. pic.twitter.com/wkhDeBqiUk
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 30, 2017
With Ryan Murphy on unconditional waivers for purpose of a buy-out, here's how it breaks down against the #Flames cap over next 2 years. pic.twitter.com/gEmOGYsJXK
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 30, 2017
In total, 14 players were bought out during the 2017 offseason.
* These numbers are the players’ former cap hits before being bought out.
Headline photo: Bruce Bennett
