That is because the Boston Bruins will finally be off the hook for the Dennis Seidenberg buy-out and the salary they retained when they moved Matt Beleskey.
Although neither was a bad signing, per se; they have impacted the Boston Bruins’ deal-making since. What says that Charlie McAvoy doesn’t sign a lengthier renewal should they have had that spare $3 million?
Likewise, would we still be relying on Anders Bjork, Karson Kuhlman or whoever else we feel fit on David Krejci‘s right-wing if we had a little more breathing room within the confines of the salary cap?