Could Palat Become A Buyout Candidate This Summer?

Ondrej Palat has landed in the kind of summer conversation that usually starts with a front office doing hard math and ends with someone paying the bill. A buyout question means the contract is under the microscope, and that is never a casual discussion when teams are trying to keep flexibility without blowing up their roster. The market always has a few uncomfortable names, and Palat appears to be one of the players drawing that kind of attention right now.