So Arizona is still looking for good center play, I see.

So here's the deal.

Sam Gagner from EDM to TB for Teddy Purcell, then from TB to ARZ for BJ Crombeen & a 6th rounder.

Tampa... man, now that's how you dump salary

Purcell and Crombeen both gone... wow.

Oh yea true forgot Vinny makes 6 mill this year. Homer and his love for front loaded contracts
- xShoot4WarAmpsx

Front loading the contract is the smart thing to do for a cash rich team.

LA did the same thing with Gaborik.

Tampa... man, now that's how you dump salary

Purcell and Crombeen both gone... wow.
- Tomahawk

Purcell had good enough numbers but Tampa fans seem happy to get rid of him.

Now they have the cap space to take Vinny back...

TB trades Gagner to Arizona, per Bob McK
- Jsaquella

Damn and I just got my Gagner TB jersey made!

Tampa... man, now that's how you dump salary

Purcell and Crombeen both gone... wow.
- Tomahawk

Yeah I mis-typed that.

Bolts just cleared a small rainforest worth of cap

Purcell had good enough numbers but Tampa fans seem happy to get rid of him.

Now they have the cap space to take Vinny back...
- Feanor

Little bit nuts... they're able to re-up Callahan, add Garrison, re-sign all their key RFA's, and now still have ~$10M to play with, all while still carrying the corpse of Matty Ohlund on their payroll. Stevie Y is a ninja.

Little bit nuts... they're able to re-up Callahan, add Garrison, re-sign all their key RFA's, and now still have ~$10M to play with, all while still carrying the corpse of Matty Ohlund on their payroll. Stevie Y is a ninja.
- Tomahawk

buying out Malone and clearing Purcell were two great moves

(frank)ing tampa doing it right

Money is all they'd have to give up. Ehrhoff is a UFA, so it'd just be a matter of what return you could get for Streit
- Jsaquella

If CE is on waivers why can't we just pick him and his contract up?

speaking of teddy purcell, why do i feel like he's a guy that's routinely torched us in recent years with the bolts? if so, i'm glad he's gone.
- hammarby31

2 seasons ago yes, this season he was pretty brutal for them

buying out Malone and clearing Purcell were two great moves

(frank)ing tampa doing it right
- Marc D

Yeah, they don't have to sign anybody to replace them either. So many NHL-ready kids in Syracuse.

Lebrun says the Bolts are retaining 1/3 of Gagner's salary

If CE is on waivers why can't we just pick him and his contract up?
- huks99

He's not on waivers. He had a NMC and refused waivers, so he just became a UFA.

Lecavalier & Briere also refused waivers.

He's not on waivers. He had a NMC and refused waivers, so he just became a UFA.

Lecavalier & Briere also refused waivers.
- Jsaquella

Thanks.....wants another bite at that apple!

Yeah, they don't have to sign anybody to replace them either. So many NHL-ready kids in Syracuse.
- Tomahawk

their top nine forward group is pretty scary with Drouin coming up

If CE is on waivers why can't we just pick him and his contract up?
- huks99

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- Giroux_Is_God

gig is mad

Lebrun says the Bolts are retaining 1/3 of Gagner's salary
- Jsaquella

So, in summation, the Oilers traded a 24-year-old center set to make $4.4 million for Teddy Purcell; not bad.

The Lightning, who wanted to,dump,the salary, got a 6th-round pick from a team that was starving for a center -- and is eating 1/3 of the salary

Yeah, dumping the four remaining years of a 34-year-old center is gonna be easy as (frank)ing pie

just got a text gagner traded for a 6th round pick wtf?

just got a text gagner traded for a 6th round pick wtf?
- 2Real

Clearing cap,space for a defenseman, Twitter NHL reporters are speculating

So, in summation, the Oilers traded a 24-year-old center set to make $4.4 million for Teddy Purcell; not bad.

The Lightning, who wanted to,dump,the salary, got a 6th-round pick from a team that was starving for a center -- and is eating 1/3 of the salary

Yeah, dumping the four remaining years of a 34-year-old center is gonna be easy as (frank)ing pie
- AllInForFlyers

wrong teams like nashville need someone like vinny since players like spezza won't go there

Clearing cap,space for a defenseman, Twitter NHL reporters are speculating
- AllInForFlyers

but why trade for gagner in the first place?

Age. Gagner is bought out at 1/3, Purcell at 2/3.
- Tomahawk

Thanks. That's a huge difference.

So, in summation, the Oilers traded a 24-year-old center set to make $4.4 million for Teddy Purcell; not bad.

The Lightning, who wanted to,dump,the salary, got a 6th-round pick from a team that was starving for a center -- and is eating 1/3 of the salary

Yeah, dumping the four remaining years of a 34-year-old center is gonna be easy as (frank)ing pie
- AllInForFlyers

Lecavalier, despite his bad season, scored more goals and had the same number of points Gagner did.