WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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Phaneuf has been traded to the Kings and has been pulled from the Sens/Pens game.
Phaneuf traded to LA
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Heroic Shrimp
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WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/963602356595290112
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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The money Gaborik is owed goes down and his cap hit stays at that price and they can put him on the IR and get the cap space if he is done and they decide they want to spend.
LA like to play the hard nosed style Phaneuf can play and they think having a player that can play is worth not paying Gaborik and him sitting on IR.
To be fair, Phaneuf is probably still capable of being a very good bottom pair guy. Ottawa was playing him against the toughest competition apparently.
LA like to play the hard nosed style Phaneuf can play and they think having a player that can play is worth not paying Gaborik and him sitting on IR.
To be fair, Phaneuf is probably still capable of being a very good bottom pair guy. Ottawa was playing him against the toughest competition apparently.
bustaheims
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Bender said:
I kinda get it from LA's position - they're trying to beef up their blue line for a run at the last wildcard spot, and they really don't give up much, as Gaborik has really struggled this season and Shore is basically a 3rd line depth type (and Thompson pretty much replaces him). I don't get it from Ottawa's perspective, other than the fact they save some money in terms of real dollars (around $4M in total). In terms of talent/team building, it's an odd choice for them, as there's barely any cap savings (other than potential LTIR, as Gaborik is Gaborik) and they don't really improve for the future.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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The Leafs making that original trade to get rid of him seems like highway robbery at this point and to not retain salary? Magical!
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
They'll almost certainly play him somewhere in their top-4. I wouldn't even be surprised if they tried him with Doughty initially. His most common defence partner so far this season has been Derek Forbort.
Zee said:
Burrows still has another year on his contract.
Heroic Shrimp
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It's kind of neat that the Senators lost Marc Methot to Vegas because Phaneuf wouldn't waive his no-movement clause in the summer, and then Ottawa later had to retain Phaneuf salary and take on Gaborik's contract to get rid of him, while Phaneuf gets to leave the sinking ship.
This pleases me.
This pleases me.
bustaheims
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Bates said:
Yeah. The original report I read didn't include the cost savings from Thompsons vs Shore (which, I suppose, also depends on what happens with Shore going forward, as he's an RFA this summer). The $4M figure is what they save specifically from flipping Phaneuf at 25% retained for Gaborik.