From Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun:
While Fletcher will not make decisions on potential buyouts until late next
week, it appears more likely by the day that Darcy Tucker could find himself in
that very situation.During a break between meetings with his staff about the coming draft,
Fletcher yesterday hinted the $1 million US per season cap hit the Leafs would
absorb would not be a big blow. The Leafs GM ideally would like to deal Tucker,
but the player’s agent, Carlos Sosa, is on record as saying his client would not
waive his no-trade clause under such a scenario.
Read more about the Leafs’ off-season plans here.
If Tucker isn’t willing to waive his no-trade, then a buy-out is looking more and more likely. Tucker would have no trouble catching on with a team after that happened, and he would be getting paid by both teams. Not a bad deal.
