We now know the real reason Ryan McDonagh was traded: not salary cap
The real reason of Ryan McDonagh being traded by the Nashville Predators earlier today was revealed and it wasn't related to the salary cap.
A surprising trade was confirmed on Tuesday between the Predators and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Lightning sent a 2025 2nd-round pick and a 2024 7t-round pick in return for the defenseman Ryan McDonagh and a 2024 4th-round pick.
Many people believed that this move was made in order to create cap space. McDonagh has two seasons remaining on his $6,750,000 AAV contract. However, the GM Barry Trotz explained in a press conference that this wasn't his intent.
He stated that McDonagh asked to be traded during his end-of-season meeting, and the whole thing was about that, not for financial reasons:
However, that move also freed up valuable cap space that will likely be used by the Preds to land a top player, such as Mitch Marner:
The Mitch Marner stans are going to be insufferable now"
"We now have 3 1st round picks and 5 2nd round picks for the next 2 years of drafts!
Big move coming????"
Do you think the Nashville Predators will go after Mitch Marner on the trade market?
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MAI 21 | 307 ANSWERS We now know the real reason Ryan McDonagh was traded: not salary cap Do you think the Nashville Predators will go after Mitch Marner on the trade market? | ||
| Yes | 215 | 70 % |
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| Sean Monahan | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jesper Bratt | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jack Hughes | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Nikita Kucherov | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Kent Johnson | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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| Igor Sharangovich | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dmitry Voronkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Noah Hanifin | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Cole Sillinger | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Mackenzie Weegar | - | 2 | 2 | |
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Hurricanes | 18 | 14 | 4 | - | 28 | |
Capitals | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 27 | |
Wild | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | |
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Rangers | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
Stars | 18 | 12 | 6 | - | 24 | |
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