16 May 2016 02:39:00
Toronto trades Cowen to Boston for pick #194

Toronto sheds salary and boston get a defenseman while they draft some or develop some.

1.) 16 May 2016
16 May 2016 05:10:59
Toronto stated they intend to buy out Cowan. Why would any team trade for him? Utter nonsense.

2.) 16 May 2016
16 May 2016 06:41:05
chirp so that team could have the same benefits as the leafs do by buying him out no?

I'd still keep cowen and buy him out as a leafs fan just to get the cap relief.

3.) 16 May 2016
16 May 2016 13:05:12
@BigZ
WTF are you talking about?
Trade a pick for a buyout? Pay someone to not play for your team and lose a pick in the process? As opposed to either: signing him after the leafs buy him out and thus retaining the pick, or; don't trade for him at all and also keep the pick. Explain to me how trading for him makes ANY sense for Boston.

4.) 17 May 2016
17 May 2016 03:31:31
It has been outlined before that Cowan has a weird contract. I'm not sure the specifics but if a team buys out his contract they actually get a cap credit. So if a team were to buy out his contract they would get additional cap space instead of the buyout counting against the cap like it normally does. Cap space is worth something in today's nhl.