perry_mvp

He probably saw the writing on the wall during the regular season and knew he could be out of Anaheim one way or another. Maybe he had the slight hope that he would still be in Anaheim if there was no trade or maybe he didn't really think that he would be bought out. With his previous ailments, maybe he had to wait until August in previous years but after his surgery maybe he was thinking he could get an earlier start this time for his training. It's sad though. Perry might be in the best shape he's been in for a very long time and could make a Teemu style comeback and the Ducks say adios.

Who or what are you hoping or maybe speculating gets traded from the Ducks?

But he also said he wants to surround the young guys with a little more "oomph". Soooo...does that mean dumpster diving in the free agent market?

Perry's never really been much of a "giving a statement" guy I guess. Kesler couldn't even get him Between Two Zambonies when he was on crutches.

The expansion draft happens June 2021. Perry's contract would have ended in the 20-21 season. This buyout may have a shorter term than say a Kesler buyout but the second year of the Perry buyout has a cap hit of $6.25M according to capgeek while say a Kesler buyout would have roughly have an average $2.3M until it was completed. Roster spot wise, I don't think Perry put a hamper on anything. On how the buyout affects his (GMBM's) plans for the upcoming yearsYou can't go jumping into any long-term deal right now. The further issue is, when we get the cap number tomorrow at the [general managers] meetings, we're going to know that stuff and be where we thought it was going to be. A lot of us are going to be scratching our heads as to what we can do. Some teams are in worst shape than we are. One-year deals always work. We're going to try to surround this young group with a little more oomph. We're trying to do that, but I don't know if we can. I'm going to protect them a little bit, and let them grow. Bob didn't appear to be too worried with that with the Henrique and Fowler deals and to a lesser extent, Silfverberg.

I'm not very happy about this but it's a business and GMBM has to cover himself somehow.

I wont be happy until he gets Perry on that. I mean for gods sakes, Perry was on crutches and was still able to elude Kesler.

He said awhile ago that he doesn't want to play anywhere else soooo.....I just don't see him uprooting his family. If the Wings weren't bottom feeders I could see him going there since he's a Michigan boy but for now, I don't mind seeing things play out. It's a big hunk of change the Ducks are paying him but I would think that if IHCVPGMBM was concerned about defense (which he should be) he wouldn't have re-signed Silf. Or maybe IHCVPGMBM has a plan....LOL (I dare him to make a trade for Seth Jones).

He reached his milestone of 1000 games so maybe he doesn't have to prove anything anymore. I suppose the only thing left for him to do in his career is win a Cup but he has to weigh his condition vs the quality of life in the off season. If he's feeling fine that's great. This team needs him along with Perry because they bring that sandpaper.

I don't know about that but Kesler says he's not leaving Anaheim so I guess the only way he's forced into leaving is buying him out.

According to the CapFriendly calculator Ryan Kesler Buyout Details Cost Calculations BUYOUT DATE BASE SALARY REMAINING S.BONUS REMAINING YEARS REMAINING BUYOUT LENGTH AGE BUYOUT RATIO TOTAL COST TOTAL SAVINGS ANNUAL COST Jun 15, 2019 $20,025,000 $0 3 6 34 2/3 $13,350,000 $6,675,000 $2,225,000 Cap Hit Calculations SEASON BASE SALARY INITIAL CAP HIT ACTUAL COST SAVINGS FINAL CAP HIT 2019-20 $6,675,000 $6,875,000 $2,225,000 $4,450,000 $2,425,000 2020-21 $6,675,000 $6,875,000 $2,225,000 $4,450,000 $2,425,000 2021-22 $6,675,000 $6,875,000 $2,225,000 $4,450,000 $2,425,000 2022-23 $0 $0 $2,225,000 -$2,225,000 $2,225,000 2023-24 $0 $0 $2,225,000 -$2,225,000 $2,225,000 2024-25 $0 $0 $2,225,000 -$2,225,000 $2,225,000 TOTAL $20,025,000 $20,625,000 $13,350,000 $6,675,000 $13,950,000

I'm willing to give Ritchie one more season but his future is in his own hands. So I hope that this summer he doesn't down copious amounts of hot dogs a beer. As for trades or UFA signings, I'm not expecting much. The Ducks do not have that much cap space and with Gibson becoming an RFA at the end of next season, I wouldn't want to sign a big name for big money.