The Daily: Red Wings Unlikely to Use Buyouts; Panthers Among Cup Favorites

ngh imo they should've explored those buyouts when they had the chance now theyre just kicking the can down the road with more cap stress tbh

@SaturdayNightSuze said:

ngh imo they should've explored those buyouts when they had the chance now theyre just kicking the can down the road with more cap stress tbh

ngh i feel you saturday nite suze theyre just trying to jam too many cooks into that room now and expect greenwood to bail them out lol

I'm not sure I agree that the buyouts would've solved their cap woes; they'd still have had to find another way to reduce commitments come expansion season. It's possible the thinking was that buyouts wouldn't be enough of a fix to justify the roster upheaval, per ESPN Hockey Today.

I think DetroitTom has a good point about the potential long-term cap implications of buyouts, but doesn't that also apply to just mortgaging more draft picks for short-term relief? It's complex and I'm not sure what would've been the "right" call, given our team's overall situation.