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The Florida Panthers and Arizona Coyotes have reportedly completed a trade that sends prospect Lawson Crouse and forward Dave Bolland to the desert in exchange for second- and third-round draft picks, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.
The Panthers are getting a conditional 2018 second-round selection, and will get the better of Arizona's or the Detroit Red Wings' third-round pick - acquired in the trade for Pavel Datsyuk - in 2017, Friedman added.
There's no money being retained on Bolland's contract, according to Sportsnet's Chris Johnston. He's owed $5.5 million over the next three seasons, which the Coyotes are now on the hook for.
This is a salary dump by the Panthers, and the Coyotes get a solid prospect in Crouse to add the mix of young players they're building around. Interestingly, Arizona's two highest-paid forwards are now Datsyuk - who's gone home to play in Russia - and Bolland.
Crouse was drafted 11th overall by the Panthers in 2015. The big left winger - he's 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds - had 29 goals and 39 assists in 49 games for the OHL's Kingston Frontenacs last season.
Bolland spent most of last season off the ice due to an ankle injury, scoring one goal and adding four assists in 25 games. The Panthers had been trying to move him for months, reports the Sun Sentinel's Harvey Fialkov.
The Panthers are getting a conditional 2018 second-round selection, and will get the better of Arizona's or the Detroit Red Wings' third-round pick - acquired in the trade for Pavel Datsyuk - in 2017, Friedman added.
There's no money being retained on Bolland's contract, according to Sportsnet's Chris Johnston. He's owed $5.5 million over the next three seasons, which the Coyotes are now on the hook for.
This is a salary dump by the Panthers, and the Coyotes get a solid prospect in Crouse to add the mix of young players they're building around. Interestingly, Arizona's two highest-paid forwards are now Datsyuk - who's gone home to play in Russia - and Bolland.
Crouse was drafted 11th overall by the Panthers in 2015. The big left winger - he's 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds - had 29 goals and 39 assists in 49 games for the OHL's Kingston Frontenacs last season.
Bolland spent most of last season off the ice due to an ankle injury, scoring one goal and adding four assists in 25 games. The Panthers had been trying to move him for months, reports the Sun Sentinel's Harvey Fialkov.
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