Dealing Patrick Sharp to Stars gives Blackhawks salary-cap breathing space
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That changed Friday as the Hawks’ core was breached with the widely anticipated trade of alternate captain Patrick Sharp to the Stars in Bowman’s continued effort to construct a roster within the NHL’s salary-cap confines.
In return for Sharp, 33, and top defenseman prospect Stephen Johns, the Hawks received defenseman Trevor Daley and forward Ryan Garbutt.
Blackhawks trade Patrick Sharp to Dallas
Blackhawks trade Patrick Sharp to Dallas to help clear salary cap on July 10, 2015. (WGN-TV)
Most important, the Hawks shed Sharp’s $5.9 million salary-cap hit and now have some wiggle room under the $71.4 million limit to continue to build the roster for 2015-16.
The Stars retained half of Garbutt’s $1.8 million cap hit, and with Daley’s cap number at $3.3 million and Johns’ $800,000 off the books, the Hawks saved $2.5 million.