I can never understand this logic. Keeping a player on the list with the intention of delisting them next year, so we don't find ourselves in the terrible predicament of having such a talent-laden squad we can't find 3 players to move on. Sounds like a good problem to have, to me.
Ok, so we delist 6 players, and therefore take 6 in the draft, the last one being pick 100+
These players are now on 2 year contracts.
Without knowing the detailed ins and outs of the contracted status of our group, how do you propose we find 3 players who are out of contract to delist at the end of next year? You can't get rid of the kids, they are contracted for 2 years. Also, you would be hard pressed to find a kid at pick 100+ in any draft that would give the squad as much depth as someone who has been training with us, has a few preseasons behind them and is a known quantity.
Yes, you can pay out contracts, but then you need to be mindful of salary cap issues as all payments fall within the year they are made, ie. pay out Kerr this year for 2014 and it falls into the 2013 cap (I don't want to pay out Kerr, that is just the example that came to mind).