Back in July my New Jersey Devils signed forward Ilya Kovakchuk to a 17 year contract and it was a major landmark day in the history of the team. But then the NHL overruled the deal and then an arbitrator ruled on the side of the NHL and then we were all, the team, Kovi and the fans, back at square one.
Yesterday that all changed, the Devils FINALLY got their man at $100 million over 15 years. The contract is going to end up being the last of it's kind because the NHL has now put in new rules for cap hits on long lengthy contracts in the future. (Something that I will NOT be going into because the CBA is WAY too confused for me to get into.)
Now with 6.7 cap hit on the team, which still isn't bad, Lou has to make a deal to shed some cap space. As of this morning the Devils are 3.8 million over the cap, they have until opening day to shed some space. I'm looking at the roster on CapGeek.com and think I know a way to shed some space.
The scenario I see that would work the best would be to trade Dainius Zubrus (3.4 hit) and Andy Greene (737,500) and get some future draft picks, even low ones. Then you just trust John MacLean because he know the farm system guys and bring some cheer AHL player to fill the void.
But alas, I'm not Lou, he's the mastermind behind pulling stuff like this off. We will see what happens.
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