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BUYOUT CALCULATOR

Modelling a buyout of Will Cuylle. Punch in age, years left and salary to see the cap charge, the dead money, and what the club actually saves.

Buyout cost (cash)
$2.60M
Cap charge / year
$1.30M
Years of dead cap
2
Cash saved
$1.30M
SeasonCap chargevs. keeping
Year 1 $1.30M+$2.60M
Year 2 · dead money$1.30M$1.30M

Will Cuylle. Standard (ordinary-course) buyout. Assumes level salary across the remaining term, so it does not weight signing bonuses, which are not bought out. A real buyout cap hit shifts year to year with the actual salary schedule. Treat this as a close estimate, not the official figure.

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