Coyotes GM on Gagner trade: 'We didn't think he could play center at the NHL level for us'
Sergei Belski / USA Today
Sam Gagner didn't receive rave reviews from the Arizona Coyotes after being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.
Ariz GM Maloney after dealing Gagner to #Flyers: "We didn't think he could play center at the National Hockey League level for us."
— Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) June 28, 2015
The 25-year-old forward was shipped to Philadelphia in exchange for defenseman Nicklas Grossmann and Chris Pronger - who will never play in the NHL again.
Arizona GM Don Maloney obviously took on the high cap hits of Grossmann ($3M) and Pronger (just over $4.9M for two more seasons) to help his team reach the cap floor, which Arizona is still around $13.8M short of.
Gagner earned 41 points in 81 games last season.