From Carolina's team site:
They had to package him with a 3rd rounder and a 13/14th forward type and got back a 5th and two fillers. Versteeg had a $2.2mil cap hit. Chicago now has just a shade over $1mil in cap space but still needs to sign Marcus Kruger.
Versteeg wasn't a heck of a player or anything, but he was good depth and it's yet another roster guy that Chicago's lost this offseason. Sharp, Saad, Oduya, Richards, Vermette, Versteeg, Nordstrom, Raanta, Timonen. They brought in Anisimov, Dano, and Daley, but those are all downgrades from their top departed players (Sharp, Saad, Oduya). They're really banking on Tikhonov and Panarin adjusted to the NHL and Teravainen taking a big step.
Might be a tough year ahead for the defending champs, especially if Kane gets some bad news in the near future.
They had to package him with a 3rd rounder and a 13/14th forward type and got back a 5th and two fillers. Versteeg had a $2.2mil cap hit. Chicago now has just a shade over $1mil in cap space but still needs to sign Marcus Kruger.
Versteeg wasn't a heck of a player or anything, but he was good depth and it's yet another roster guy that Chicago's lost this offseason. Sharp, Saad, Oduya, Richards, Vermette, Versteeg, Nordstrom, Raanta, Timonen. They brought in Anisimov, Dano, and Daley, but those are all downgrades from their top departed players (Sharp, Saad, Oduya). They're really banking on Tikhonov and Panarin adjusted to the NHL and Teravainen taking a big step.
Might be a tough year ahead for the defending champs, especially if Kane gets some bad news in the near future.
