In a surprising trade, the Florida Panthers managed to rid themselves of Dave Bolland and the remaining three years $5.5 million cap hits in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes, per multiple reports. In order to get the Coyotes to take on Bolland's contract, especially as the player continues recovering from a long-term injury, Florida had to give up former first-round pick Lawson Crouse. The Coyotes sent a conditional second-round pick and third-round pick to complete the deal.
This is an interesting decision for the Coyotes to make, but they had the cap space to add Bolland's unsavory contract and end up adding a prospect that could become part of their overall rebuild.