As I mentioned in the last post, the Devils are now charged with a task to make some trades in order to clear up cap space. They must be under the cap once training camp starts on September 17th, so that gives them 2 weeks. The CBA states that a team can go 10% over the salary cap during the offseason, but must be at the ceiling or under before the season starts. According to multiple sources Devils forward Brian Rolston has not been approached by the team to waive his no-trade clause, but that means absolutely nothing.
The Devils are not likely to get anything done over labor day weekend, but I'm pretty sure Lou Lamoriello was discussing trades while the NHL was mulling over the Kovalchuk offer. The Leafs and Islanders both have interest in Rolston or Zubrus or maybe both, but you never know what kind of deal Lou Lamoriello can pull out of the hat as no one expected him to trade for Ilya Kovalchuk back in February. So we will see what happens now.
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