Shane O'Brien Traded to Nashville In Cap-Clearing Move

by Adam Gretz

Filed under: Canucks, Predators

NHL teams must be below the league's salary cap ceiling of $59.4 million by Wednesday afternoon, and on Tuesday, the Vancouver Canucks were one of a handful of teams still in need of cutting some salary. One move that was made to help trim some cash was the trade that sent defenseman Shane O'Brien and forward Dan Gendur to the Nashville Predators in exchange for defenseman Ryan Parent and forward Jonas Anderson.

The trade removes O'Brien's $1.6 million cap hit from Vancouver's books, while it reportedly placed Parent on waivers in the hopes of sneaking him through so he could be assigned to the minors.

O'Brien spent parts of the past two seasons with the Canucks, playing 76 games last season with two goals and six assists, while averaging 17 minutes of ice-time per night. Throughout his career he's had a knack for getting into penalty trouble, racking up over 140 penalty minutes in three of the past four seasons.

Along with needing to clear room under the cap, Vancouver also had a log jam of NHL-caliber defensemen, including Dan Hamhuis, Keith Ballard, Alexander Edler, Christian Ehrhoff, Sami Salo and Kevin Bieksa.

 

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