A month or so ago I wrote an article stating that the Detroit Red Wings needed to trade center Stephen Weiss for essentially nothing to clear up his cap room. Seeing that NHL teams will have the option of buying out players up until 48 hours after the Stanley Cup Playoffs come to end lets look into what the Detroit Red Wings should do with Stephen Weiss?
Stephen Weiss’ name has been coming up numerous times as a player that may see his contract bought out by the Detroit Red Wings. According to the NHL salary cap regulations and Weiss’contract the Red Wings would be obligated to pay Weiss, if they decided to buy him out, 9.