Confirmed Trade: [FLA/ARZ] Bolland + Crouse for 2nd + 3rd

[ForSpareParts*]

This is an extremely terrible deal for FLA.

Lose with Bolland signing and now lose by dumping him with Crouse.

 

[ShootIt]

Well. I got player right.

Now I'm wishing it was that.

 

[Schenn]

I'm so glad the leafs didn't give Bolland that contract.

 

[Finnish your Czech]

I thought Bolland is LTIRetired?

 

[tempest2i]

I really like this deal for Florida.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Yeah not sure why either. Probably because OP didn't post a tweet that "Confirmed" it. I posted one that did, but I guess the mods didn't see it.

Well, I merged the other thread as this one was the existing thread. The other tweet from Friedman didn't have it as a done deal.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

When has he proven that? In his rookie season, with an unsustainable shooting percentage north of 20%? Your proposal is a joke.

Doesn't look so bad now, does it?

 

[tantalum]

Panthers can afford to lose some youth as they have a lot of it. They also wanted to continue to free up cap space now and moving forward. About $24 mil of room for 17/18 as it stands with really only the big Huberdeau raise hanging out there (14 players signed). 9-10 mil free for this season (about 5 mil if you want to avoid possible bonus penalties going into 17/18). Panthers are in good shape moving forward cap wise, youth wise and pick wise.

 

[Agalloch]

Bolland had negative value. Nice deal again for Arizona.

I expect Russell to sign with Panthers now...

 

[Curufinwe]

I thought Bolland is LTIRetired?

LTIR only helps a team when they are over the cap ceiling. And it's not that big of a help compared to ditching the contract entirely.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Good for both teams. Will FLA try spending towards the ceiling?

 

[BHD]

They must really want to get rid of Bolland's contract.

 

[Irishguy42]

Well, I merged the other thread as this one was the existing thread. The other tweet from Friedman didn't have it as a done deal.

In that thread I posted a tweet from Lavoie that said it was a done deal

Moot point I guess.

 

[BonMorrison]

That sucks so bad.

 

[ShootIt]

Good for both teams. Will FLA try spending towards the ceiling?

(Regarding this year)

On who? Unless we go after some KHL players.

 

[Gardner McKay]

In that thread I posted a tweet from Lavoie that said it was a done deal

Moot point I guess.

I didn't see that. I can't look at every single post when I am simply moving a redundant thread.

 

[DopeyFish]

What a strange title

 

[joestevens29]

They must really want to get rid of Bolland's contract.

Of course they do. They seem to be going all in and clearing his contract is going to give them a lot of flexibility. I don't know were Crouse is with his development, but the Panthers can afford to lose him with all the youth they have up front. Getting a 2nd and a 3rd back helps ease the blow of losing a young prospect as well.

 

[ToneBone03]

It wasn't magic. He paid through the nose to get rid of that contract. Today is a net loss for the franchise because it cost the panthers their best forward prospect to get rid of a mistake

While I agree it was a huge mistake to sign Bolland to that contract in the first place, I'm just not that much of a believer in Crouse. He hasn't played in the NHL and his stock is still fairly high at the moment... it's the reason the Panthers were able to get rid of Bolland's contract. I just don't see him becoming anything more than a bottom-6 forward. I guess only time will tell when it comes to what Crouse can become, but Florida just opened up a significant amount of cap space and gained a contract spot. For a team that's on the verge on contending, I think that's much more valuable.

EDIT: FYI, I think this is a fair deal for both sides. Both teams get exactly what they want.

 

[Irishguy42]

 

[Willy Stylez]

Confusing title.

 

[Wats]

I like this Yotes GM. Pretty shrewd with all the limitations.

 

[tucker3434]

Wow. It's the trade everyone talks about that never actually happens. Bad contract plus good asset for bag of pucks. I guess everybody is a winner.

 

[lifeisruff]

This trade just keeps getting stranger and stranger.

According to General Fanager the Panthers now have 9+ million in cap space. They could have easily waited another year and gotten more "value" for Bolland next year.

Another trade coming? Rick Nash perhaps?

 

[Gardner McKay]

What a strange title

I fixed it.