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Compliance buyouts (sometimes referred to as amnesty buyouts) allow National Hockey League (NHL) teams to buy-out a player's contract by paying him two-thirds of the remaining value of a contract over twice the remaining length of the contract. If the player is under 26 years old, then the team may pay the player just one-third of the remaining contract value.[1] In ordinary-course buyouts, the team's NHL salary cap hit for the player is stretched over a period of twice the remaining length of the contract. Compliance buyouts follow the same formula as ordinary-course buyouts but do not count against the cap.

2 compliance buyouts nhl

In 2013, it began 48 hours after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup, and ended on July 4, 2013. The second NHL compliance buyout period opened on June 16, 2014, and ran through June 30, 2014, with 26 teams having one or more compliance buyout available to be used.[3]

The buyout period will remain open through the end of business hours (5 p.m. ET) on June 30, and during this time the NHL's 30 member clubs will be entitled to exercise buyouts of the "ordinary course" and "compliance" variety.

If a player is the target of a buyout - "ordinary course" or "compliance" - he must first be offered up to other clubs on unconditional waivers (also referred to as $125 waivers). The exception to this rule is a player with a no-movement clause, who can decline to be placed on waivers per article 11.8(c).

This is where this year's buyout period gets interesting. By the terms of the 2013 NHL/NHLPA collective bargaining agreement - article 50.9(i)(ii) - NHL teams have the ability to use two buyouts of the "compliance" variety on aggregate during the life of the current CBA.

These "compliance buyouts," described by Canucks assistant general manager Laurence Gilman last summer as "weapons in the arsenal of the collective bargaining agreement," differ from normal "ordinary course" buyouts in that a contract can be terminated without it having any impact, in any league year, on a team's salary cap.

So a compliance buyout is an enormously useful armament for teams, but it has some major drawbacks: limited range and ammunition. Teams can only use two compliance buyouts, and they expire entirely following the "Ordinary Course Buy-Out period" that follows the 2013-14 NHL season.

Four clubs - the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, and Philadelphia Flyers - have already used both of their compliance buyouts, while 12 teams have already used one. Here's how many compliance buyouts each NHL club has remaining for this buyout window:

But some buyouts could come later on during this window. NHL teams have until after the 2014 NHL Entry Draft to use their compliance buyouts, so depending on which teams add salary in draft day trades, there may be some late surprise additions to the free-agent pool before June 30.

And as a result, we have a new addition to the NHL\u2019s all-time all-buyout teams. These 12 players (and two coaches) have made more money not playing hockey than the majority of NHL players make playing throughout their careers. Not sure if making these teams is an achievement or a failure, but these guys are probably too busy counting their money to care. All but three of the players were bought out with compliance buyouts after the 2012-13 or 2013-14 seasons when teams were allowed two buyouts without suffering salary cap penalties.

Ryan Suter: A minute muncher who still seems to have some game, Suter was a surprise among this summer\u2019s buyouts. He had four years to go on his 13-year, $98 million deal with the Minnesota Wild. In addition to what he makes wherever he signs, Suter will take home $833,000 each of the next eight years. Total cost: $6.7 million.

But with only one year left at a relatively modest amount on his deal, the Avs chose the standard buyout on Zanon. Typically, compliance buyouts involve players with several years and many more millions left on contracts. The Avs had hoped another team might take Zanon, along with Matt Hunwick, when they placed each on waivers Tuesday, but there were no takers.

The Isles are on the hook for 2/3 of his salary spread out over twice the time left on the contract, or about $1.5 million, until 2029. Since it is one of the two new compliance buyouts it does not count against the cap.

Should the Wild be unable/unwilling to buyout Dany Heatley, Gilbert become option #2 for a compliance buyout. Teams only have this summer or the next one, to use their two compliance buyouts. There is no other viable candidates on the roster than Heatley or Gilbert. There won't be a need to use them next summer, because there are only nine players on the team, under contract (unless you want to buyout Zach Parise, Mikko Koivu, or Suter).

9. Auditioning for 2013-14: With the salary cap going down to $64.3 million next season, teams have to use these 48 games to determine who stays and who goes next summer. Each team has two compliance buyouts that won't count against the salary cap. The Philadelphia Flyers, for example, could buy out goalie Ilya Bryzgalov and start over in net. How well he plays this season presumably will determine the Flyers' direction. 041b061a72