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Originally Posted by timbit
How do you or anybody else know the ONLY reason he was traded from LA was salary? Sounds like somebody close to the team told Ice differently.
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It may not be the ONLY reason, but it was certainly a SUFFICIENT reason. It was reported at the time that Cammalleri was demanding $6m per season to re-sign with the Kings. I happen to remember that figure, because when he left Calgary to sign with Montreal, he got exactly the same figure. He is still on that contract.
Since the Kings weren't willing to pay him $6m a year, they were bound to trade him. If they had been a contender at the time, they might have kept him for one more playoff run and risked losing him for nothing. But they weren't, so they didn't. Any other reasons on top of that are gravy.