Panthers make two trades
GM Kuczaj has made two deals.
One deal happened a few days ago. This deal saw Ed Belfour moved to the Flyers for Joe Corvo, Ryan Johnson and 2,000,000 in cap space this year.
“We needed to move some salary and Belfours uncertain NHL status we felt he could be moved. Yes we weaken our back-up position but in the NEW CPHL we hope to replace him with a cheaper UFA”
The other deal, pending league approval, sees. Brendan Shanahan moving to the Quebec for Rob Niedermayer and the 10th overall pick in the 2007 draft.
“We all know Rob special but Shanny is a little older and at 6.5/year we needed to move him out. The 10th overall pick is nice but we do plan on moving it. With these moves we are now under our projected cap number but would still like to move a few players”
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