Wings/Caps trade

[Detroit GM]

To Capitals:
LW Dallas Drake
Detroit 3rd rounder 09

To Detroit:
LW Tomas Fleischmann

Wings agree! Looking to unload Drake and his salary for a decent youth. With this deal we lower our cap considerably and make nabbing Selanne a very strong possibility.

Please activate Fleischmann...

[Lawrence Bailey - Caps GM]

Ay! Tis true...

We've been looking for a good veteran bottom six LW to help with our season (alongside other vets like Yelle) and while Drake is a little long in the tooth we are happy to have him on board and look forward to the coming season with him in the lineup.

[pete]

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