In 2014 the New York Islanders signed free agents Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin to massif four-year deals worth $5 million and $4.187 million per year respectfully.
While Kulemin seems to have cemented his place on the Islanders second line, its Mikhail Grabovski‘s $5 million hit that the Islanders and GM Garth Snow wish they could get a do-over. But getting rid of his contract is harder than it seems.
There are a few options available to the Islanders if they want that contract to go away. Either they buy out the remainder of Grabovski’s deal, or they trade it away to a team looking to get up to the salary floor.