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and he will be an unrestricted free agent this summer.,womens Cam Robinson Jersey,Scott Hartnell was bought out by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday

The buyout will cost the Blue Jackets $1.25 million per year until 2020-21.Authentic Tarell Basham Jersey, It will cost them $1.5 million against the cap in Year 1, $3 million in Year 2, buyout., and $1.25 million in Years 3 and 4. There were two years left on the contract which would have cost them $4.75 million against the salary cap in each of those years. They have a bit of a cap crunch going on there now and needed the immediate space. Thuswomens Malik Hooker Jersey，

and we weren’t terribly happy with it at the time because it clearly made the team worse in the short-term.,The first thought here from our perspective is that the Flyers won the trade. Ron Hextall’s first big move as general manager was to trade Hartnell to Columbus for R.J. Umberger

But here we are three years later, and the long-term sense that Hextall had in making that deal is obvious. He knew Hartnell’s contract would outlast his value on the ice,Authentic Malik Hooker Jersey, Hartnell scored just 13 goals and added 24 assists in 78 games，Authentic Quincy Wilson Jersey。 and that’s exactly what happened — in 2016-17,womens Tarell Basham Jersey, down from 20 goals and 32 assists in his final year with the Flyers in 2013-14.

Umberger was downright terrible in 106 games as a Flyer after the trade,Authentic Marlon Mack Jersey, scoring just 11 goals and 15 assists in those games. But his buyout number is just a measly $1.5 million,womens Zach Banner Jersey，especially not compared to Hartnell’s buyout in Columbus that’s now three seasons longer and also more expensive。, and that will be totally off the Flyers’ books by the end of the upcoming season. It’s not really a factorAuthentic Zach Banner Jersey，

could we bring Hartnell home to Philadelphia?,。womens Leonard Fournette Jersey。The second thought here is ... well

he was no longer a valuable player. womens Marlon Mack Jersey，But that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be valuable on a short0term deal.,Notice how I worded that sentence above about Hartnell’s worthiness. In comparison to the $4.75 million he made against the cap

Yes, Hartnell is 35 and at the back end of his career. Yes, he still takes a lot of bad penalties — but 63 PIM in 78 games this past year was the lowest PIM he’s had since his first year in the NHL. 37 points isn’t nothing, either, Schenn is the one who replaced Hartnell in that spot on the Flyers’ top power play unit after Hartnell was traded. Might as well just swap them back in before, and you could potentially imagine him in the exact same role on the power play that Brayden Schenn was in here. After all, and that would help to solve the issue of how one might replace Schenn’s power play production.

So with that said,
womens Quincy Wilson Jersey， the right deal would have be a cheap one -- less than $2 million for a year, and no longer. Another team would probably offer Hartnell more than that, if Hartnell wanted to come back,<a but the Flyers shouldn’t be pulled into any sort of bidding war for him. For the right price,Authentic Leonard Fournette Jersey, I wouldn’t hate it. It’d be a nice little stop-gap before Nolan Patrick or Oskar Lindblom or any of the other kids really settle into impactful NHL roles.

Plus, considering the quotes from him after the trade was made back in 2014:,Authentic Cam Robinson Jersey, Scott Hartnell is fun as hell. It’d be an entertaining year. But I’m pretty sure Hartnell doesn’t want to come back here