Post by Florida Panthers on Mar 16, 2024 17:40:41 GMT -6
To Detroit
Nikita Kucherov (FLA retains $2.31M of Kucherov's salary through 2024-25)
Andrei Vasilevskiy
To Florida
Leon Draisaitl
Juuse Saros
This is a deal to end all deals.
I had no intention of trading Vasilevskiy when I dealt Leo Carlsson to acquire him, but part of the reason I asked for significant retention on Vasilevskiy's salary was because I wanted flexibility to deal him if I ever went in another direction. Kucherov has been great for me, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to add a franchise centre in Draisait who carried Detroit to a Cup final last season, and I'm taking a calculated gamble that the drop-off from Vasilevskiy to Saros won't be a big one.
Thanks Mathias for the great talks for an absolutely mammoth deal. I hope this works for both of us.
Nikita Kucherov (FLA retains $2.31M of Kucherov's salary through 2024-25)
Andrei Vasilevskiy
To Florida
Leon Draisaitl
Juuse Saros
This is a deal to end all deals.
I had no intention of trading Vasilevskiy when I dealt Leo Carlsson to acquire him, but part of the reason I asked for significant retention on Vasilevskiy's salary was because I wanted flexibility to deal him if I ever went in another direction. Kucherov has been great for me, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to add a franchise centre in Draisait who carried Detroit to a Cup final last season, and I'm taking a calculated gamble that the drop-off from Vasilevskiy to Saros won't be a big one.
Thanks Mathias for the great talks for an absolutely mammoth deal. I hope this works for both of us.
