Any Buyouts Coming?

from Ansar Khan of Mlive,

Might the Red Wings exercise the option this off-season, whenever that will be following the coronavirus hiatus? That is today’s question from an MLive reader:

Q: Do you see the Wings buying out any players, namely (Justin) Abdelkader and (Frans) Nielsen, to free up money for all the restricted free agents they need to sign?

A: No. It’s highly doubtful they will buy out anyone this year.

They don’t want that player’s contract on the books for several additional years, even at a much-reduced rate. And they have ample cap space to re-sign their own players and pursue a few free agents.

Abdelkader, signed to a seven-year, $29.75 million contract in 2015, has three years…