Vancouver Canucks GM Patrik Allvin says buyout of Oliver Ekman-Larsson was needed to create cap space
The decision to buy out the contract of defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson was “too good to pass up” and offered the Vancouver Canucks a chance to move on from a player whose performance didn’t fit his cost, general manager Patrik Allvin said.
“It was too good to pass up to get this cap flexibility, create the cap space this year and next year,” Allvin said Wednesday.Allvin previously spoke about a desire to avoid buying out players’ contracts, and defended the decision regarding Ekman-Larsson. “This is a big summer for him,” Tocchet said at the time. “I know a lot of people count him out. I don’t know, I’ve got a feeling that he’s going to have a really good year. There’s a gleam in his eye.
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