Sportsnet’s John Shannon lit a match next to a can of gasoline when he sent this tweet on Saturday:
With @FriedgeHNIC reporting that Rick Nash might be available this summer…This might put NYR in the Stamkos bidding war.
— John Shannon (@JSportsnet) May 22, 2016
Does the idea of dumping a bunch of salary via trade only to immediately reinvest a mega deal in another free agent sound familiar to anyone else?
On June 30, 2009 the Blueshirts shipped Scott Gomez and his remaining $33.