Compliance Buyouts
NHL teams were allowed a one time opportunity with the new CBA going into effect to make a compliance buyout without being penalized against the salary cap for it. Most teams took advantage:
MTL Lars Eller
TOR Mike Santorelli
BOS Milan Lucic
CHI Brent Seabrook
DET Brendan Smith
LAK Dustin Brown
DAL Alex Goligoski
PHI Antti Niemi
PIT Marc-Andre Fleury
STL Paul Stastny
BUF Patrick Sharp
CGY Jonas Hiller
NYI Frans Nielsen
NJD Matt Read
WSH Jay Beagle
EDM Andrew Ladd
CAR Mason Marchment
COL Jarome Iginla
ARI Rob Klinkhammer
SJS Marc-Edouard Vlasic
OTT Bobby Ryan
TBL Michal Neuvirth
ANA Scott Hartnell
FLA Brian Campbell
NSH James Neal
WPG Andrej Sekera
CBJ Kyle Brodziak
MIN Mikko Koivu