In the deal, Dadonov was sent to Anaheim from Vegas along with a second-round pick, in exchange for defenseman John Moore and Ryan Kesler’s contract.
The decision comes as the result of Dadonov’s partial no-trade clause not being complied with. There are a lack of details regarding the error but Dadonov is now expected to continue the season with Vegas and still has another year remaining on his contract at a $5 million cap hit.
Obviously the trade being invalidated puts Vegas in a pretty tough spot cap-wise but Anaheim also misses out on a solid draft pick here. They were in the perfect spot to take on a bad contract for assets and it was the right idea with a wildly unlikely result.
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