Ducks might make a run at… wait, this says Shanny. Really? Okay.
"I got interest from WHO?"
Brendan Shanahan, who’s 39 but scored 23 goals last year for the Rangers, is still without a contract. No shock there. He’s 39.
But what is shocking is that teams seem to be lining up around the block for him. The list, according to noted bastion of journalistic excellence Sportsnet, includes five teams.
The most interesting of which might be the opportunity for the 39-year-old winger to move west and join the Ducks. It is believed that Anaheim general manager Brian Burke reached out last week to Shanahan, the Rangers’ third-leading goal-scorer with 23 last season behind 25-goal-scoring co-leaders Jaromir Jagr and Chris Drury.
This, of course, ignores the Ducks’ salary situation, which is already $3.24 million over the cap, and that’s not counting Teemu Selanne’s salary. Shanahan, who’s 39, had a cap number of $5.3 million last year (actual salary of $2.5 million), and any pay cut he would take to play in Anaheim would be, um, substantial. I’m really not sure why Burke thinks he needs Brendan Shanahan, who by the way is 39, of all people to score goals for him either.
For the record, Philly is still over the cap, and both the Rangers and Devils are within $715,000 and $1.3 million of it, respectively. So those possibilities make all the sense in the world as well.
Shanahan, 39, and I agree upon who can we blame for all this, though. You guessed it!
“I don’t know if everything is on hold because of Mats [Sundin],” Shanahan said. “It seems like his situation has frozen teams around the league.”
