The Philadelphia Flyers were trying to ship out big Jakub Voracek and his large contract. It wasn’t going to be an easy move since the 31 year-old still has three years on a deal with an AAV of $8.25 million. Salary retention was a given, right?
Absolutely not.
The Columbus Blue Jackets traded Cam Atkinson to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for fellow forward Jakub Voracek on Saturday. No salary retained.
Voracek, was originally drafted seventh overall in 2007 by the Blue Jackets and played for Columbus until his June 2011 trade to the Flyers.