The Devils finally found a taker for Rolston's hefty $5.025 Million dollar salary and its the division rival Islanders. Rolston was traded in exchange for forward Trent Hunter. Hunter underwent major knee surgery in February but had 1 goal and 3 assists in 17 games for the Islanders this past season.
With the trade, the Devils now have $8.5 million in cap space left to try to sign Parise, who is scheduled for an arbitration hearing next Wednesday. But with today's move, the Devils got rid of their cap headache and their chances of signing Parise to a lucrative deal increased. This deal paves the way for Parise to play with Elias and Zubrus this season with Kovalchuk staying on the Palmieri and Zajac unit.
Trent Hunter is expected to take a physical with Devils in the next 48 hours. Lamoriello told reporters, he expects Hunter to be on the Devils this season.
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