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BUYOUT CALCULATOR

Modelling a buyout of Alexey Toropchenko. Punch in age, years left and salary to see the cap charge, the dead money, and what the club actually saves.

Buyout cost (cash)
$3.33M
Cap charge / year
$833K
Years of dead cap
4
Cash saved
$1.67M
SeasonCap chargevs. keeping
Year 1 $833K+$1.67M
Year 2 $833K+$1.67M
Year 3 · dead money$833K$833K
Year 4 · dead money$833K$833K

Alexey Toropchenko. Standard (ordinary-course) buyout. Assumes level salary across the remaining term, so it does not weight signing bonuses, which are not bought out. A real buyout cap hit shifts year to year with the actual salary schedule. Treat this as a close estimate, not the official figure.

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