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Nashville Predators prepare to buy out Kyle Turris

On the Forecheck | October 7, 2020

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Kyle Turris (NSH) and Steven Santini (NSH) are on unconditional waivers for the purpose of a buyout.

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) October 7, 2020

The Précis:

Buying out Kyle Turris, according to CapFriendly, means that the Nashville Predators will be on the hook for $2M against the salary cap until the summer of 2028. This would not usually be ideal, and may mean they have plans for what would have been the remaining four years of Turris’s contract that will need that extra $4M cap space.

The Background:

After the Predators’ Stanley Cup run in 2017, the team went into high gear searching for an additional center.

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