Trade Alert: The Predators have traded Ryan Johansen

The Predators just traded their first-line center!

Nashville has just traded Ryan Johansen to Colorado. In return, the rights to Alex Galchenyuk are going to the Preds.

Please note that half of Johansen's salary, which is eight million dollars for two seasons, is retained by the new General Manager, Barry Trotz.

That's well summarized, and it's indeed a good gamble by the Avalanche's General Manager, who has been looking for a second-line center for several months. It won't have been Sean Monahan, nor Jonathan Toews, nor anyone else; it will ultimately be Johansen who takes the spot left vacant by Nazem Kadri a year ago.

More details will follow.