Ducks and Blues Make a Trade

[MAS]

Ducks traded McDonald to St. Louis for Doug Weight, Birnir, and a 7th round draft pick

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=225201&hubname=nhl

This makes room for Niedermayer... possibly could make room for Selanne

[The_Child_Prodigy]

How does it make room for Niedermeyer this year? Weight makes 3.5mil but is an expiring and McDonald makes 10mil over 3 years so thats 3.3ish Million. PLus the ducks got a prospect and a draft pick. How does this free up room?

[Mr Swagtastic]

I don't see what the Ducks were thinking on this one. McDonald and Perry are their future why trade them for a washed up Weight and a prospect and a late pick? Just to make room for a aging Niedermayer and Selanne?

St. Louis scored huge in this deal.

[Snayr]

Yeah, St.Louis got the better deal of the two. I heard Burke saying defense was a specialty, but whatever. Can't say I am a fan of this deal for the Ducks...

[MAS]

How does it make room for Niedermeyer this year? Weight makes 3.5mil but is an expiring and McDonald makes 10mil over 3 years so thats 3.3ish Million. PLus the ducks got a prospect and a draft pick. How does this free up room?

The problem was not this year... it was next year. They would have been over the cap next year with Niedermayer back. So by gaining Weight (lol that sounds funny), who is only on a 1 year contract it works out.

From what I've been told they still have about $2 mill to spend if they want to bring in Selanne, but it's not out of the realm of possibility that Selanne goes to St. Louis instead. It's where Karyia is and his old centre is in McDonald.

[Griff83]

Deal was made by the Ducks because Weight is a UFA after this season and that frees up cap space to sign Perry to a long term deal which they were going to have trouble doing without shedding salary.