As of this past Thursday, NHL teams can begin buying out players on their rosters. They may do this for several reasons. A player may have outlived his usefulness on the roster, and there is nowhere else for that player to go and the team feels that simply getting rid of that player would be the best option. Another reason is that a player may have become a cancer in the locker room, and the team feels that removing that player from the roster as soon as possible would be most beneficial for the upcoming season. Also, a player may be making too much money, and the team in question may want to clear up some cap space by buying out that player's contract in order to use that cap space to sign someone else.
Buyout Beware
