Yeah simply put we were well over cap so someone had to go and Federov was the odd man out. Oduya had a great 2nd nhl season with the devils playing top 4 minutes, racking up 26 points and posting an impressive +27. He will be a great utility dmen for us and has a very cheap contract which is something we really need.
Obviously we would have liked to keep toews as we think he is vastly underrated but due to the cap crunch we were forced to deal him for a young dman that will contribute immediately.
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