Four NHL contract buyouts happened today
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MarcO
July 12, 2022 (3:42 PM)
Four players will be bought out according to insider Frank Seravalli.
They are Oskar Lindblom of the Philadelphia Flyers, Rudolfs Balcers of the San Jose Sharks, Michael Del Zotto of the Ottawa Senators and Janne Kuokkanen of the New Jersey Devils.
All four players will become free agents this Wednesday when the free agent market opens.
Lindblom had 26 points in 79 games last season. He would have earned $3 million through 2023.
Balcers had 23 points in 61 games with the Sharks and would have earned $1.55 million through 2023.
For Del Zotto, he added 13 points in 26 games with the Senators and his contract is worth $2 million through 2023.
Kuokkanen had 17 points in 57 games with the Devils last season.
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Were these all good buyouts? |
Yes | 39 | 38.2 % |
No | 63 | 61.8 % |
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