It’s a bit ironic that Andrew MacDonald’s most effective season in Philadelphia was also his last. In years past he was placed in roles that he simply wasn’t suited to play, but generally speaking he was a serviceable third pair defenseman this past season.
Age: 32
‘18-19 Salary: $5,000,000
Buyout cap hit: $1,166,667
That’s not to say that the decision that they made earlier this month to buyout the final year of his six year, thirty million dollar contract was the wrong move to make. That “most effective season” saw him post OK results in a small role — and that’s not what you want to be spending $5,000,000 of your salary cap on.