BREAKING: Predators and Avalanche Make a Trade

Trade season is starting to pick up, and the Nashville Predators and Colorado Avalanche have now made a deal.

Johansen Traded

The Nashville Predators announced today that they traded Ryan Johansen to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Alex Galchenyuk.

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Johansen will have half of his $8-million cap hit retained for the next two years.

This is Predators GM Barry Trotz's first trade in his new position - clearing this much cap space is quite the gain.

We will see how this deal plays out for the two teams.

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