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HEADING TO D.C.
The Washington Capitals have acquired Goaltender Tomas Vokoun and Winger Michael Ryder from the Florida Panthers. Heading back to Florida are forward Eric Fehr, rookie Mathieu Perreault, prospect Cody Eakin and the capitals 1st round pick in 2011 and 2nd in 2012. GM Barbadian91 had this to say regarding the trade: "We are very excited about this move. Acquiring Tomas and Michael will be very important for us to make a cup run. When Tampa acquired Dwayne Roloson from the Islanders it became apparent that we needed to improve our goaltending situation. Acquiring Tomas gives one of the best goaltenders in the NHL who also bring a veteran presence to the team. Michael adds another veteran player to our team who has an amazing shot and will give us some extera secondary scoring. We gave up alot of future in this deal but we didnt see any room for them on our roster in the next few years. We would like to wish them best in Florida."
Florida confirms. There are no doubts Vokoun was the best option for a contender going down the stretch and the price coming back showed that. We hope Fehr and Perreault can step into our lineup and assume top 9 minutes next year
In other news, Florida is shopping
Gudbrandson, Boston's 1st, Wash's 1st, Boston's 1st, Wash's 2nd 2012 and our 2nd 2011 for a high end first line winger. Also prospects like Shore, Eakin, Salak, Dandonov, MacFarland could be had as well