Confirmed with Link: James Neal traded to Nashville for Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling

[SweetStache]

And it begins

 

[Daeni10]

Hope its just clearing the cap space for something else...
Not really thrilled about it, return isnt high enough in my opinion

 

[Sutter16]

We could of gotten so much more...

 

[shureshot66]

Spaling does not have a contract. He's an RFA.

Hornqvist is signed for four more years at $4.25M per.

 

[Zirakzigil]

This return makes we want to puke

 

[mpp9]

Lmao. So are the haters happy now?

Hornqvist is a former 30 goal scorer, scores his goals around the net, RHS, 27, locked up for 4 more years at 4.25 mil.

If we move Sutter as well, things get interesting.

 

[AquaticBirdman]

We trade a legitamate 30-40 goal scorer with an amazing cap hit for a 20-25 goal scorer (at best) and a decent bottom sixer....


*sigh*

 

[Quatro Quatro]

Does this even give us any cap room?

 

[jay caufield forhead]

if that's Rutherford idea of a good trade I want shero back ********ing crap deal

 

[Pens1566]

So we save 3/4 of a mil ... oh wow.

 

[Frederick Stanley]

Spaling doesn't even have a contract for next year.

 

[Shockmaster]

Hornqvist is signed through 17-18 for $4.25m cap hit. Coupled with Spaling WE DONT SAVE ANY ****ING MONEY. BRUTAL!

That's the point in getting more than one player in return for Neal. This team's forward depth blows.

 

[wej20]

so Horny should be hopefully be good for 30 goals and 55ish points and Spaling is a centre who is going to have to play wing if there is any chance he gets close to 30 points.

 

[Sypher04]

Is Rutherford brain damaged?

 

[AquaticBirdman]

Hornqvist is a former 30 goal scorer, scores his goals around the net, RHS, 27, locked up for 4 more years at 4.25 mil.

If we move Sutter as well, things get interesting.

that's great. We're gonna really be soaring with that extra 750k in cap space. Actually...not even. There's Spaling's cap hit as well..

 

[Crafton]

JR gets his revenge for all the old jokes.

 

[Black Label]

We trade a legitamate 30-40 goal scorer with an amazing cap hit for a 20-25 goal scorer (at best) and a decent bottom sixer....


*sigh*

Hörnqvist scored 30 goals with Nashville. He will score at least that with either Malkin or Crosby.

 

[66-30-33]

We trade a legitamate 30-40 goal scorer with an amazing cap hit for a 20-25 goal scorer (at best) and a decent bottom sixer....


*sigh*

Neal was a 25 goal scorer pre Malkin though, i'm sure Hornqvist will put up 40 with Crosby and will be money on the PP. Still...what a BAD trade.

 

[Greeneye]

Horrible. Should have at least swapped picks.

 

[Jacob]

We trade a legitamate 30-40 goal scorer with an amazing cap hit for a 20-25 goal scorer (at best) and a decent bottom sixer....


*sigh*

In Hornqvist's defense he's hit 30 on Nashville, which would be 40 here.

 

[AEKaki]

Where are the fans that wanted Shero fired? Where?
This is ********* brutal

 

[clefty]

Such a needless move. There's no upshot here.

Neal wasn't old, he didn't have an albatross contract, we're actually adding cap space here and we gave up one of the best young scorers in hockey.

 

[SeventyOne]

I feel like I should be angry like the rest of you. But for some reason I'm really not. I think Neal HAD to have requested a trade, kinda forced managements hand IMO.

 

[ThatGuy]

We trade a legitamate 30-40 goal scorer with an amazing cap hit for a 20-25 goal scorer (at best) and a decent bottom sixer....


*sigh*

I'm willing to bet that Hornqvist is not a 20-25 goal scorer at best with Sid or Geno, already hit 27 and 30 goals in his career with a poor Nashville offense.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

****ing senile *******.