Flyers place defenceman Andrew MacDonald on waivers for buyout

The Philadelphia Flyers are buying out the final year of defenceman Andrew MacDonald's contract. (Tom Mihalek/AP)

The Philadelphia Flyers have placed defenceman Andrew MacDonald on unconditional waivers for the purpose of buying out his contract.

MacDonald, 32, had one year remaining on a six-year, $30 million contract he signed with the Flyers in 2014.

Once the buyout is complete, MacDonald will be a free agent but still carry a cap hit of $1,166,667 in 2019-20 — giving the Flyers $3,833,333 to spend elsewhere. The following season, MacDonald will represent a $1,916,667 cap hit for the Flyers. (All salary data courtesy of CapFriendly.com.)

The Flyers acquired MacDonald in a trade with the New York Islanders shortly before signing him to his six-year contract in the spring of 2014. In only 47 games last season, MacDonald registered nine assists and a minus-five rating.

[relatedlinks]

When submitting content, please abide by our submission guidelines, and avoid posting profanity, personal attacks or harassment. Should you violate our submissions guidelines, we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account. Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time.