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Originally Posted by DaveMatthew
To Ottawa: Chris Drury + 2nd round pick
To NYR: Sergei Gonchar + 4th round pick
Salary implications
Chris Drury - 7.0 cap hit (5.0 million real dollars)
Sergei Gonchar - 5.5 cap hit (5.5 million real dollars)
Reasoning
Ottawa saves real dollars and should have no problem fitting the big cap hit in with the housecleaning that's going on (Fisher + Kelly already, Kovalev, Phillips, Ruutu, etc to come), and they get a body to fill in down the middle next year, a position they might be short. They also only get Drury for 1 year, instead of the 2 left with Gonchar.
The Rangers save cap space and get a PP QB to help their 23rd ranked PP.
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That's the killer.
Besides, Gonchar sucks, so he is isn't really even a help.
Smartest move pens made was dumping his salary...