Ducks Executive Vice President and General Manager Bob Murray held a conference call on Saturday to discuss the trade that involved the acquisition of left wing David Perron and defenseman Adam Clendening from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for left wing Carl Hagelin. In addition, Murray gives insight on the current trade market and an evaluation of the team.
On the reasoning behind the trade
We have some young RFAs [restricted free agents] coming up this next year and the year after, and mostly on defense, as you can tell. It was a definite planned move, financially.