Under the provisions of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, each team is allowed two compliance buyouts before the start of the 2014-15 season. The buyouts must occur during windows of time specified by the CBA.
The first opportunity for compliance buyouts was from June 26 to July 4, 2013. The second compliance buyout window opened Monday, June 16, 2014 and ends on Monday, June 30 at 5 p.m. ET. Any player receiving a compliance buyout receives two-thirds of the remaining contract across twice the remaining term of the deal, but his salary-cap charge to the team is wiped clean. The bought-out players are granted unrestricted free agency and are eligible to sign with any team, other than the one which bought out the player.
Clubs have bought out or announced their intention to buy out the following players:
Team Players
Anaheim
Boston
Buffalo F Ville Leino, D Christian Ehrhoff
Calgary D Shane O'Brien
Carolina
Chicago D Steve Montador, LW Rostislav Olesz
Colorado
Columbus
Dallas D Aaron Rome
Detroit D Carlo Colaiacovo
Edmonton F Eric Belanger
Florida D Ed Jovanovski
Los Angeles
Minnesota D Tom Gilbert
Montreal C Scott Gomez, D Tomas Kaberle
Nashville
New Jersey G Johan Hedberg, D Anton Volchenkov
NY Islanders G Rick DiPietro
NY Rangers D Wade Redden, F Brad Richards
Ottawa
Philadelphia C Danny Briere, G Ilya Bryzgalov
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
San Jose
St. Louis
Tampa Bay C Vincent Lecavalier, F Ryan Malone
Toronto D Mike Komisarek, F Mikhail Grabovski
Vancouver D Keith Ballard, F David Booth
Washington D Jeff Schultz
Winnipeg
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