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Husso is fully healed and ready for training camp. Wtf would you LTIR a below average healthy goalie? Stop being purposely retarded. Copp is nowhere near a buyout, and if you don't understand that you havent been paying attention.

??? News to me. What's the injury specifically? My point exactly: You haven't been paying attention. Copp plays the hardest minutes of any forward on the team. He's our #1 PK center, and his line is consistently used as the matchup line against other teams top lines. You see 33 pts, but don't have any clue to the context in which that player is deployed or how those points are earned. Cancel out powerplay pts, give Copp better matchups and better linemates, and he's probably ahead of JTC on the score sheet. But since he's probably the best defensive forward on the team, he's asked to be a shutdown player. And SY has routinely said this offseason he's trying to improve the overall defense of this team. Buying out your #1 shutdown center is the antithesis to that goal. I'm not surprised to see you mention Chiarot either. Another player fairweather fans with little to no understanding of defense don't appreciate. Even though he's Lalondes most trusted defender besides Seider... I don't care if you care to absorb any of this, but the notion that Copp and Chiarot are going anywhere in the near future is beyond foolish. Scott literally trolls you guys with this stuff and you eat it right up lmao.

Because it is an injury that could easily reoccur before the season starts. And Copp could very well be the buyout. He is the least value contract. 5+ million dollars for a 3C, at best. The only other buyout options would be Chiarot or Husso. If Yzerman wants to add to the roster, he is going to need cap space. Waiving Holl, buying out Copp, and placing Husso on LTIR all accomplish that. Unless you think this team is great the way it is, then sure, let's do none of those things.

It rubs the lotion ... wait ... that's my lotion.