Someone needs to explain this to me. If they claim him off waivers does that mean they are on the hook for his whole salary or with these buyouts is this the way they have to go about signing him to a reasonable deal because if it's the first option I'll just go ahead and start a bonfire with all my Oilers gear and then throw myself into the pile.

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