Bruins trade Reilly Smith Marc Savards contract to Panthers

Don Sweeney's summer of dealing continued on Wednesday afternoon when he completed a trade with the that will send forward and Marc Savard's contract to the Florida Panthers in exchange for forward .By moving Savard's contract it is the second time Dale Hunter Jersey in le s than a week that a player that will never play in the NHL again has been traded for financial reasons. Shortly after the NHL draft the traded Chris Pronger's contract to the .Savard still has two years remaining on a seven-year, $28 million contract he signed with the that carries a cap hit of just a Jaromir Jagr Jersey little over $4 million per year. Because the contract was front-loaded in terms of salary he's only actually owed $575,000 per year, so there is minimal financial commitment here for the Panthers other than the cap figure. There are major cap ramifications for the Bruins who were pre sed against the cap for the 2015-16 season, even after all of their recent trades and Brooks Orpik Jersey roster moves. Savard has not played a game in the NHL since the 2010-11 season due to a concu sion related i sues. In 807 career games with the , , Atlanta Thrashers and Bruins he recorded 706 points. His best hockey came during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons when he recorded 97 and 96 points with the Thrashers and Bruins.As for the other Reilly-for-Hayes aspect of the trade, Smith was one of the key components of the trade that sent to the a couple Braden Holtby Jersey of years ago. After a strong debut season with the Bruins in 2013-14, his production regre sed a bit in 2014-15 (he was even a healthy scratch at one point) but was still able to get a two-year contract with the Bruins . Hayes, 25, is a restricted free agent at this point and is coming off of a 19- Jonas Siegenthaler Jersey goal season with the Panthers.