Afternoon Amusement: Some bad/funny player buyouts that likely won’t happen
Up next
Author

For your Friday afternoon amusement (or any other day that you happened to stumble across this post), I’ve put together some player ‘buyouts’. Some are because their contract could be bad (like a Scott Gomez) or funny due to the length/amount of the buyout (like an Ilya Kovalchuk).

Now, most of these likely would never happen, much to the chagrin of some, but it should be worth a good laugh. The magical powers of Capgeek.com made this entry possible. (Buyout numbers are based the next buyout period of June 15th 2012. A team could bury a player in the minors during the season, and buy them out afterwards.)

* The numbers listed beside the players name is what the buyout would be and the length of the buyout. The numbers listed beside the years are the Cap hits that would be applied to the team.

Ilya Kovalchuk – New Jersey Devils *$58,666,667 over 26 years
2012-13 -$2,076,923
2013-14-$2,376,923
2014-15-$2,376,923
2015-16-$2,676,923
2016-17-$2,876,923
2017-18 -$1,076,923
2018-19 $1,923,077
2019-20 $4,923,077
2020-21 $7,923,077
2021-22 $7,923,077
2022-23 $7,923,077
2023-24 $5,923,077
2024-25 $4,923,077
2025-26 $2,256,410
2026-27 $2,256,410
2027-28 $2,256,410
2028-29 $2,256,410
2029-30 $2,256,410
2030-31 $2,256,410
2031-32 $2,256,410
2032-33 $2,256,410
2033-34 $2,256,410
2034-35 $2,256,410
2035-36 $2,256,410
2036-37 $2,256,410
2037-38 $2,256,410
 
Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals *$58,666,667 over 18 years
2012-13 $3,797,721
2013-14 $3,797,721
2014-15 $2,797,721
2015-16 $2,797,721
2016-17 $2,797,721
2017-18 $2,797,721
2018-19 $2,797,721
2019-20 $2,797,721
2020-21 $2,797,721
2021-22 $3,259,259
2022-23 $3,259,259
2023-24 $3,259,259
2024-25 $3,259,259
2025-26 $3,259,259
2026-27 $3,259,259
2027-28 $3,259,259
2028-29 $3,259,259
2029-30 $3,259,259
 
Vincent Lecavalier – Tampa Bay Lightning *$36,666,667 over 16 years
2012-13 $18,939
2013-14 $18,939
2014-15 $18,939
2015-16 $18,939
2016-17 $1,518,939
2017-18 $6,018,939
2018-19 $8,518,939
2019-20 $9,018,939
2020-21 $2,291,667
2021-22 $2,291,667
2022-23 $2,291,667
2023-24 $2,291,667
2024-25 $2,291,667
2025-26 $2,291,667
2026-27 $2,291,667
2027-28 $2,291,667
 
Brad Richards – New York Rangers *$32,000,000 over 16 years
2012-13 -$3,333,333
2013-14 -$333,333
2014-15 $166,667
2015-16 $166,667
2016-17 $1,666,667
2017-18 $7,666,667
2018-19 $7,666,667
2019-20 $7,666,667
2020-21 $2,000,000
2021-22 $2,000,000
2022-23 $2,000,000
2023-24 $2,000,000
2024-25 $2,000,000
2025-26 $2,000,000
2026-27 $2,000,000
2027-28 $2,000,000
 
Rick Nash – Columbus Blue Jackets *$31,600,000 over 12 years
2012-13 $2,833,333
2013-14 $2,633,333
2014-15 $2,533,333
2015-16 $2,533,333
2016-17 $2,433,333
2017-18 $2,233,333
2018-19 $2,633,333
2019-20 $2,633,333
2020-21 $2,633,333
2021-22 $2,633,333
2022-23 $2,633,333
2023-24 $2,633,333
 
Roberto Luongo – Vancouver Canucks *$31,522,667 over 20 years
2012-13 $195,467
2013-14 $195,467
2014-15 $195,467
2015-16 $195,467
2016-17 $195,467
2017-18 $195,467
2018-19 $3,527,467
2019-20 $5,291,467
2020-21 $5,909,467
2021-22 $5,909,467
2022-23 $1,576,133
2023-24 $1,576,133
2024-25 $1,576,133
2025-26 $1,576,133
2026-27 $1,576,133
2027-28 $1,576,133
2028-29 $1,576,133
2029-30 $1,576,133
2030-31 $1,576,133
2031-32 $1,576,133
 
Rick DiPietro – New York Islanders *$27,000,000 over 18 years
2012-13 $1,500,000
2013-14 $1,500,000
2014-15 $1,500,000
2015-16 $1,500,000
2016-17 $1,500,000
2017-18 $1,500,000
2018-19 $1,500,000
2019-20 $1,500,000
2020-21 $1,500,000
2021-22 $1,500,000
2022-23 $1,500,000
2023-24 $1,500,000
2024-25 $1,500,000
2025-26 $1,500,000
2026-27 $1,500,000
2027-28 $1,500,000
2028-29 $1,500,000
2029-30 $1,500,000
 
Marian Hossa – Chicago Blackhawks *$26,400,000 over 18 years
2012-13 -$1,158,333
2013-14 -$1,158,333
2014-15 -$1,158,333
2015-16 -$1,158,333
2016-17 $2,741,667
2017-18 $5,741,667
2018-19 $5,741,667
2019-20 $5,741,667
2020-21 $5,741,667
2021-22 $1,466,667
2022-23 $1,466,667
2023-24 $1,466,667
2024-25 $1,466,667
2025-26 $1,466,667
2026-27 $1,466,667
2027-28 $1,466,667
2028-29 $1,466,667
2029-30 $1,466,667
 
Alexei Yashin – New York Islanders * When he was bought out, $17,632,000 over 8 years
2007-08 -$1,193,201
2008-09 $2,019,067
2009-10 $3,235,067
2010-11 $4,755,067
2011-12: $2,204,000
2012-13 $2,204,000
2013-14 $2,204,000
2014-15 $2,204,000
 
Wade Redden – New York Rangers *$6,666,667 over 4 years
2012-13 $3,166,667
2013-14 $3,166,667
2014-15 $1,666,667
2015-16 $1,666,667
 
Scott Gomez – Montreal Canadiens *$6,666,667 over 4 years
2012-13 $3,523,810
2013-14 $4,523,810
2014-15 $1,666,667
2015-16 $1,666,667
 
Mike Komisarek – Toronto Maple Leafs *$4,666,667 over 4 years
2012-13 $2,166,667
2013-14 $2,166,667
2014-15 $1,166,667
2015-16 $1,166,667
 
Matt Stajan – Calgary Flames *$3,333,333 over 4 years
2012-13 $1,833,333
2013-14 $1,833,333
2014-15 $833,333
2015-16 $833,333