That was the point of my earlier remarks. There are very few teams that have a need for Thornton, and trading him is going to require them taking back 2016 salary. So he doesn't have negative value, his value just isn't high enough to Boston to be worth trading. HRB was claiming that Boston would need to include draft picks to move an expiring deal, which is just silly.ElcaballitoMVP said:Cap space? The C's aren't trading Thornton or Bass to take on money for next year. If they're sent out, it will be for expiring contracts.
That being said, I still expect him to get bought out at some point.