Montreal-Winnipeg
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:47 pm
Canadiens send:
W Bobby Ryan (68)
2nd EDM 2011, #41
2nd ANA 2012
Watchamacallits send:
C Marc Savard (71)
2nd NYR 2011 #54
Winnipeg approves.
Reasoning: I signed Savard last summer to have some sort of offensive threat going in 2010-11. My secondary goal was to hopefully find somebody willing to take on his contract and send me something valuable. Unfortunately, most teams don't have 5.9M of cap room ready to be eaten up.
However, with this deal, I clear a little bit of salary (1.4M), move back up to the top half of round two, and also add a selection next year. Ryan is clearly overpaid for his attributes, but there's no way to move Savard without taking money back. Ryan is still a young player, and is capable of filling a wing position currently vacant with the pending departures of Kozlov and White.
W Bobby Ryan (68)
2nd EDM 2011, #41
2nd ANA 2012
Watchamacallits send:
C Marc Savard (71)
2nd NYR 2011 #54
Winnipeg approves.
Reasoning: I signed Savard last summer to have some sort of offensive threat going in 2010-11. My secondary goal was to hopefully find somebody willing to take on his contract and send me something valuable. Unfortunately, most teams don't have 5.9M of cap room ready to be eaten up.
However, with this deal, I clear a little bit of salary (1.4M), move back up to the top half of round two, and also add a selection next year. Ryan is clearly overpaid for his attributes, but there's no way to move Savard without taking money back. Ryan is still a young player, and is capable of filling a wing position currently vacant with the pending departures of Kozlov and White.