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March-4th-2004, 10:19 AM
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Capitals Trade Nylander to Bruins for Draft Picks
By Jason La Canfora
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 4, 2004; 10:51 AM
The Washington Capitals continued purging high salary players today, sending center Michael Nylander to the Boston Bruins for a 2006 second-round draft pick and another pick to be determined later based on Nylander's productivity with the Bruins.
Nylander, 31, suffered a broken leg during practice a week before the season began and returned last week, playing three games for the Capitals before the trade.
With Jaromir Jagr, Peter Bondra, Sergei Gonchar and Robert Lang already traded, Nylander's $2.65 million salary was the third-highest on the team. Nylander is eligible for unrestricted free agency in July and was not in Washington's long-term plans.
Nylander's departure leaves no centers in the organization who have scored 20 or more goals in more than one season.
The skilled playmaker became Washington's top center after being acquired from Chicago last year. Several teams showed immediate interest in Nylander after a strong recovery from his leg injury. He was nearly included in Wednesday's deal that sent Gonchar to the Bruins for a prospect and draft picks.
It is unlikely that this -- Washington's sixth major trade this season -- will be the last before Tuesday's NHL trading deadline. Goalie Olaf Kolzig and defenseman Brendan Witt, the last players remaining from the 1998 team that reached the Stanley Cup finals, are also being shopped around the league.
Witt is drawing significant interest while fewer contending teams are searching for goaltending help. Kolzig's $6.5 million salary is the highest remaining on the Capitals and he and Anson Carter ($2.8 million) are the only Capitals earning more than $2 million.
Carter, who was acquired for Jagr in January, is also a candidate to be dealt with many NHL executives questioning whether Washington would be willing to make a qualifying offer to the restricted free agent this summer given the team's massive cost-cutting measures.
New From The Post
Capitals Trade Nylander to Bruins for Draft Picks
By Jason La Canfora
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 4, 2004; 10:51 AM
The Washington Capitals continued purging high salary players today, sending center Michael Nylander to the Boston Bruins for a 2006 second-round draft pick and another pick to be determined later based on Nylander's productivity with the Bruins.
Nylander, 31, suffered a broken leg during practice a week before the season began and returned last week, playing three games for the Capitals before the trade.
With Jaromir Jagr, Peter Bondra, Sergei Gonchar and Robert Lang already traded, Nylander's $2.65 million salary was the third-highest on the team. Nylander is eligible for unrestricted free agency in July and was not in Washington's long-term plans.
Nylander's departure leaves no centers in the organization who have scored 20 or more goals in more than one season.
The skilled playmaker became Washington's top center after being acquired from Chicago last year. Several teams showed immediate interest in Nylander after a strong recovery from his leg injury. He was nearly included in Wednesday's deal that sent Gonchar to the Bruins for a prospect and draft picks.
It is unlikely that this -- Washington's sixth major trade this season -- will be the last before Tuesday's NHL trading deadline. Goalie Olaf Kolzig and defenseman Brendan Witt, the last players remaining from the 1998 team that reached the Stanley Cup finals, are also being shopped around the league.
Witt is drawing significant interest while fewer contending teams are searching for goaltending help. Kolzig's $6.5 million salary is the highest remaining on the Capitals and he and Anson Carter ($2.8 million) are the only Capitals earning more than $2 million.
Carter, who was acquired for Jagr in January, is also a candidate to be dealt with many NHL executives questioning whether Washington would be willing to make a qualifying offer to the restricted free agent this summer given the team's massive cost-cutting measures.