NHL NOTEBOOK: ANAHEIM TRADES OZOLINSH.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services If the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there wanted to cut down deadline dealing, it didn't work. With goaltenders and defensemen drawing the most attention, 25 trades involving 40 players were completed Thursday before the league cutoff. It didn't matter that clubs faced their first deadline in the salary-cap era or that the end of trading was moved up two weeks to keep teams from giving up playoff hopes. With 23 of the 30 teams within seven points of a postseason spot at the start of the day, the dealing hit a frenzied pace before the afternoon whistle blew. The Mighty Ducks
Mighty Ducks is a half-hour Disney animated series aired on ABC and The Disney Afternoon in the fall of 1996. Twenty-six episodes total were produced. were one of the busiest teams, making four deals. The Ducks shipped defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh Sandis Ozolinsh, or Sandis Ozoliņš in his native Latvian (born August 3, 1972 in Riga, Latvia), is a Latvian ice hockey player, currently playing in San Jose Sharks. to the New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , defensemen Keith Carney Keith Carney (born February 3, 1970 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League. and Juhe Alen to Vancouver, forward Joel Perrault Joel Perrault (born April 6, 1983 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays in the Phoenix Coyotes organization. Anaheim Ducks' 5th round choice ( 137th overall) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. to Phoenix and a second-round draft pick to Washington. In return, the Ducks received a third-round draft pick from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , a second-round draft pick and minor-league defenseman Brett Skinner from Vancouver, defenseman Sean O'Donnell from Phoenix and forward Jeff Friesen from Washington. Ducks general manager Brian Burke said the moves were made to help the team make the playoffs this year, and also with an eye to the future. --Canucks bolster defense: The Canucks made the biggest splash on the busiest deadline day in NHL history, acquiring backup goalie Mika Noronen and defensemen Carney, Sean Brown, Juha Alen and Eric Weinrich in four separate deals. They needed the help on the back line to make up for the loss of injured defensemen Ed Jovanovski (abdominal surgery), Mattias Ohlund (ribs) and Sami Salo (shoulder). --Hurricanes nab Recchi: Carolina wasn't content to sit back even though the Hurricanes have the most points in the NHL. Less than a week after losing Erik Cole for at least the rest of the regular season, the Hurricanes convinced high-scoring forward Mark Recchi to waive his no-trade clause and leave the Pittsburgh Penguins. Carolina parted with forwards Niklas Nordgren and Krystofer Kolanos, and a second-round selection in next year's draft. |
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