After trading away Nick Bonino, the Nashville Predators are clearing even more space down the middle. The team has placed Kyle Turris on unconditional waivers for the purpose of a contract buyout. With four years remaining on his contract, the Predators will incur a cap charge of $2MM for the next eight seasons.
The team has also placed Steven Santini on unconditional waivers for the purpose of a contract buyout. Since Santini is still just 25, the Predators will only have to pay one-third of his remaining salary. That will result in a cap charge of just $41,667 in 2020-21 and $275K in 2021-22.
The big news here is Turris, who signed a massive six-year, $36MM contract with the Predators in 2017 after coming over from the Ottawa Senators in that infamous three-way Matt Duchene deal with the Colorado Avalanche. Remember, the Predators gave up Sam Girard, Vladislav Kamenev and a second-round pick to be involved in that trade, a brutal price to pay when looking back with the benefit of hindsight.
Not only did Turris not pan out, but the team will now have a $2MM cap charge for nearly a decade just to make sure he doesn’t play for them anymore. Getting out from under his contract was important, but this is a hefty penalty to deal with in a flat cap environment.
Amazingly though, Turris now becomes an interesting option on the open market, given his experience at center and previous success. This is a player who scored at least 24 goals in three different seasons for the Senators and could now be available for a very low price. You can bet that someone will take a chance on the 31-year-old when he becomes a free agent.
yikes. definitely read that 1-2 above average seasons in Ottawa wrong.
That’s actually not bad for Turris 2 instead of 6
Turris can be a buy low candidate for teams needing centermen depth. Teams that come to mind are Pittsburgh, Buffalo, LA, Calgary (depending on Monahan trade coming to fruition), Edmonton, Winnipeg. Turris to me was a bad fit in Nashville due to schematics.
If he’s cheap, Turris is literally a perfect fit as the Pens 3C. We need a right shot who can win draws and help on the PP. He’s still young enough to rebound.
Turris would be great to address NYR’s need at center
Peds are being smart today.Good for them. Wonder how Kunin does in Music city.
He could make for a nice Ryan Strome replacement, and right to Chytil
CBJ here’s your boy!
I remember when Turris was good in the EA NHL games.
Colorado looking at news today and laughing.
Colorado destroyed 2 teams in that deal.