Talk about a salary dump, this is a BS trade. Fehr is currently injured, and oft injured, and a guy a who has not lived up to potentional, but as eluded to in another post, he has never been given the true opportunity in Washington either. When he has played with decent players he played well.
Now saying all that, the salary issue would have been null and void had he started the season on the LTIR like he was slated too because of the shoulder surgery. Trading him once he became healthy and the true need arose would have been smarter than this dumping of him for a no-name no NHLer and a 4th round pick. Hell 4th rounders were being traded for just the CHANCE to sign a player not long ago.
This is probably the worst deal Ive seen McPhee do this summer, and that includes over paying Brooks Laich.