Oh, no wonder why you were so against this. I didn't realize the thread didn't specify that this is going to be a buyout. They're not going to be on the hook for the full $4 million and they even save a bit of money.
Ah yes, I didn't see the buyout mentioned, so that was a big element of it. If it's merely a cap hit (which is unimportant at the moment) then I really don't care one way or another.
But it was the combination of payment of $4.5 million plus the loss of the trade asset (with enough salar to help match players with bigger contracts) that had me against this, etc.