The “Boston Bruins center” label has lost its adhesive on Chris Kelly’s identifier. Either the team or the position on the tag needs to change.
Salary cap-constraints should tip the scale in the direction of giving Kelly a new employer. If he wants to restore a consistent role at center, that would be all the more reason for an exit.
Odds are the best bet on that front is to seek a trade, perhaps one with conditional compensation, for the immediate sake of dumping salary. Multiple reports hold that, barring a sharp twist in the direction of health, the compliance buyout path will be blocked.
In a Taunton Daily Gazette report published on May 23, the day Kelly underwent back surgery, MetroWest Daily News beat writer Dan Cagen concluded that “As an injured player, Kelly is not eligible to be bought out, either via a regular buyout or a compliance buyout.”
Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com drew the same conclusion in his own write-up that same day.
Those reports conflict with CapGeek, which holds that Kelly’s $3,000,000 cap hit is eligible for a compliance buyout. That, howe ...
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Boston Bruins Must Find a Way to Shed Chris Kelly’s Contract in 2014 Offseason
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