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Originally Posted by Hrbek14
One note - when I've been in that situation, I would try to trade the player before cutting him. Even on the hardest trade setting, I can often find a team that will take him if I retain 90+ percent of his contract (and maybe throw in a fairly meaningless one star prospect). Doing that means you save a little bit of money and if he does retire before the contract ends, it saves you a lot since the contact will disappear from your books at that point. And it might also negate having to pay the buyout if he has an option at the end of his contract.
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Yep. Definitely try trading him. You can slowly edge up how much of the contract you'll retain but you should be able to save some money and at least get a prospect or two out of it.