Ducks send Pronger to Philadelphia

Flyers deal Lupul back to Anaheim; GM Holmgren may have to trade Briere By Jim Matheson, Edmonton JournalJune 27, 2009 Photograph by: Mike Blake, Reuters, File, Edmonton Journal Paul Holmgren is into winning as much as balancing his chequebook but the Philadelphia Flyers general manager will worry later how he's going to squeeze Chris Pronger's $6.5-million US salary into his tight salary cap. Holmgren was Chris Pronger's first NHL coach 16 years ago in Hartford and now he's got Pronger again. Sometime before the start of the 2009-10 season, he'll have to make Danny Briere's $6.5-million cap hit for the next five years disappear. Or it will be somebody else, like defenceman Matt Carle and his $3.4-million cap hit for the next three seasons, because he needs a backup goalie and would like to sign winger Mike Knuble. But that's... [read full story]                    

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