Kings News: Simon Gagne traded to Philly for a conditional 3rd/4th rounder

[Live in the Now]

GAGNE BACK!
The Flyers have acquired LW Simon Gagne from Los Angeles for a conditional 4th round draft pick, previously acquired from Phoenix.

http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=64095

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[Shellz]

LOL. I knew that was going to happen.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

The cup is ours!

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Wow. Didn't expect that, tbh.

 

[DocWest]

The writing was on the wall. At least he got a Cup out of it.

 

[kingsholygrail]

So long Gagne. Thanks for...always being there?

 

[William H Bonney]

Didn't work out here. Good luck Gagne.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

3.5 million in cap space and a possible 4th Best of luck

 

[SCARFACE909]

I liked Gagne... Happy he'll get to play back in Philly, but I liked him.

 

[bobafettish*]

couldn't he have at least waited till the deadline.

 

[CowMix]

3.5 million in cap space and a possible 4th Best of luck

wasn't he a UFA anyway? And for a 4th round pick whats the point 0_o

 

[AKAY47]

3.5 million in cap space and a possible 4th Best of luck

Hate to break it to you, but I doubt we take advantage of that cap space. We still have to re-sign Scuderi, so he'll probably take that 3.5. Difference is, we can re-sign Scuderi now because of this trade

 

[Telos]

Not too thrilled about this. He's healthy and, in my opinion, brings more to the table than Penner. Will trust Sutter's judgement though.

 

[Cup 4 the Kings]

Sad to see him go. This opens up a roster spot now though. So who fills it?

 

[AKAY47]

couldn't he have at least waited till the deadline.

Might have actually gotten better offers from more desperate teams. He's probably throwing Holmgren a bone for letting us rob Mike Richards

 

[kingsfan]

Great to get some cap space back. I wonder if we're doing a deal for a D-man soon, or if this is just a way of doing Gagne a solid. Likely the latter.

 

[Buddy The Elf]

My guess is he asked for a trade since he says he feels better than he has in years and isn't even playing. But I guess I'm curious what the Kings plan on doing with the open roster spot?

 

[AKAY47]

I wonder what the conditions are

 

[kingsholygrail]

Sad to see him go. This opens up a roster spot now though. So who fills it?

Toffoli.

 

[bloggerfanthe*]

Just makes room for a Toffoli call up if the Kings need him.

 

[Cook24]

Just wondering about the salary cap, how can Philly afford Gagne? I checked capgeek and their cap space is at 0 lol. Thats without Gagnes 3.5M cap hit added on top of that. Is there some kind of amnesty/wiggle room since its a shortened season?

 

[kingsfan]

Hate to break it to you, but I doubt we take advantage of that cap space. We still have to re-sign Scuderi, so he'll probably take that 3.5. Difference is, we can re-sign Scuderi now because of this trade

No it doesn't. Gagne was a UFA next year anyways, and any Sucderi contract extension wouldn't start until then. This only helps cap wise this season.

 

[Shellz]

He was a good guy, but I'm not going to miss him(pretty handsome,too). At least he will get more attention in Philly.

 

[Live in the Now]

Just wondering about the salary cap, how can Philly afford Gagne? I checked capgeek and their cap space is at 0 lol. Thats without Gagnes 3.5M cap hit added on top of that. Is there some kind of amnesty/wiggle room since its a shortened season?

They have guys on IR.

 

[Ollie Weeks]

I'd guess the pick improves if Gagne performs well, or something like that.