Flyers Acquire Matt Carle
by Jonathan Willis on Nov 8, 2008 9:47 AM PST
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According to TSN.ca the Philadelphia Flyers have sent Steve Downie, Steve Eminger, and a 4th round pick to the Tampa bay Lightning in exchange for Matt Carle and a 3rd round pick. First off, let’s look at the cap hits:Matt Carle – 3.4M for the next four seasons, UFA
Steve Eminger – 1.2M this season, RFA
Steve Downie – 822K for the next two seasons, RFA
Tampa Bay, which was rumoured to be trying to clear payroll, picks up a pair of cheaper players for Carle. Philadelphia, on the other hand, is in more of a bind than they were before this and are skirting right on the edge of the cap. When players start coming back from injury (Randy Jones, with a 2.75M cap hit, is expected sometime in December) they’ll be forced to make a move f not sooner.
It’s an interesting decision by the Lightning to trade Carle. Just this past summer, Dan Boyle was moved to San Jose for the young defenseman, and in a good will gesture, the Lightning used their final pick of the 2008 Draft on Carle’s younger brother David, who was forced to stop his career before it even started because of a heart condition. Read more...
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Downie's still pretty young. Still has time to get his head screwed on straight by some team's leader.
Just don't know what TBL is going to do with another forward. And they had about $2M in cap space before this deal, so I wonder if another is coming. They need a real Dman other than Malik to lead their blue line corps.
by spOILer on Nov 8, 2008 11:06 AM PST reply actions
by Jonathan Willis on Nov 8, 2008 11:44 AM PST reply actions
by spOILer on Nov 8, 2008 11:47 AM PST reply actions
On the radio yesterday it was discussed - 100M of the purchase was their own money, 70M was financed by the previous owner, 30M financed by a company out of NY.
Apparently it looks like the 30M is going to be covered by Davidson now.
I think they wanted to make a splash and now they are suddenly tight for cash - as usual the NHL blew it vetting these guys.
Its a salary dump plain and simple. No way you move for Carle and then dump him a dozen games otherwise.
Jonathan do you have Downie's numbers from the AHL? How does he compare to Schremp?
by Black Dog on Nov 8, 2008 12:01 PM PST reply actions
A little better than Schremp, but I'd take Schremp 10 times out of 10.
by Jonathan Willis on Nov 8, 2008 12:27 PM PST reply actions
PS: thats for adding my friends and my blog to your side bar Jonathan I appreciate it.
by B.C.B. on Nov 8, 2008 1:45 PM PST reply actions
by spOILer on Nov 8, 2008 3:38 PM PST reply actions
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