Can Veterans Brandon Prust, Mason Raymond Help Your NHL Team After Being Cut?

February 2nd, 2016 by Jonathan Willis Leave a reply »

Mason Raymond of the Calgary Flames and Brandon Prust of the Vancouver Canucks have combined for more than 1,000 regular-season contests and have 116 playoff games between them. Raymond had 45 points as recently as 2014, while the tough-as-nails Prust played all 82 games for Montreal just last season.

Both found themselves on the waiver wire Tuesday morning, per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman:



Prust stands the best chance of being claimed by some team thanks to his expiring contract. He’s in the final season of a four-year, $10 million contract, which the Canadiens awarded him with in the summer of 2012. His $2.5 million cap hit is a bit of a concern, but less than half of that is still on the books, and if he goes unclaimed on Feb. 2, the Canucks may be open to retaining salary in a trade.



Prust earned his pricey contract after a playoff performance with New York in which he played a key role on the penalty kill and delivered consistently physical play in a bottom-six role. This year, he’s not playing much on the penalty kill, his hit counts have fallen off significantly (th ...

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