Pre-Draft Trade...

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The Los Angeles Kings acquired center Jozef Stumpel and a draft pick from the Boston Bruins on Friday night for two draft choices.

Stumpel had 51 points last season -- including 14 goals -- with Boston, the team that drafted him in 1991.

The Bruins sent Stumpel and a seventh-round selection in this weekend's draft to the Kings for a fourth-round choice in this year's draft and a second-round pick next year.



The NHL draft will take place Saturday and Sunday in Nashville, Tenn.

Stumpel was traded with Glen Murray by the Kings to the Bruins less than two years ago in the deal that sent Jason Allison to Los Angeles.

The 30-year-old forward played with the Kings from 1997-2001. His best season in Los Angeles 1997-98 when he had 21 goals and 58 assists in 77 games.

Stumpel has 143 career goals and 368 assists in 694 NHL games.

 

[ddubs]

Looks like the Kings ain't done dealing, either. Taylor said he still wants to acquire another veteran winger to play on the Allison/Deadmarsh line. Luc Robitaille has been mentioned as a possibility, and he's a FA so the Kings won't be giving up anyone. With the collective bargaining agreement between owners and players due to expire Sep 15 of next year, and a possible lockout looming after next season, it's possible a lot of team will be dumping salaries, and the Kings have a LOT of leverage still having 3 1st round draft picks today.

Johnson, Eloranta, Belanger, and McAlpine, all underachievers were let go. Jamie Storr is expected to be gone, as well.

Robitaille/Allison/Deadmarsh
Frolov/Stumple/Palffy
Cammalleri/Chartrand/Rasmussen
LaPerriere/Avery/Flinn

Miller/Norstrom
Modry/Visnovsky
Kruznetsov/Norton

NO ONE is over 31 yrs old (if Lucky isn't signed), AND we have Huet, Aulin, Corvo and Gleason waiting in the minors

I'm smiling from ear to ear :clap: :lol2 :spotting:

 

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The Florida Panthers have traded their 2003 first overall selection to the Pittsburgh Penguins for forward Mikael Samuelsson and the third overall pick in the 2003 draft, TSN has learned.



With their first No. 1 selection since 1984, the Penguins are expected to take Marc-Andre Fleury.



By picking Fleury, a goaltender will go first overall for the first time since 2000, when the New York Islanders selected Rick DiPietro.



The Panthers, who won the National Hockey League's annual draft lottery last month, were rumoured to be shopping their No. 1 selection.



In 2002, general manager Rick Dudley traded with the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping down two spots and still getting the player he wanted in defenceman Jay Bouwmeester.

 

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The Phoenix Coyotes have traded defenceman Danny Markov and a third or fourth round draft pick in 2004 or 2005 to Carolina for defencemen David Tanabe and Igor Knyazev.



Knyazev was the Hurricanes' first pick in 2001, while Tanabe was taken by Carolina in the first round in 1999. Neither player has developed as quickly as the Hurricanes had hoped, and the trade of Glen Wesley in March made it necessary for the Hurricanes to find veteran help on the blue-line.



Though he is only 26, Markov has played 336 NHL games with Toronto and Phoenix. He was also a member of Russia's Olympic Team in 2002. He is considered a solid, well-rounded defenceman, though he has had some injury trouble.




"The addition of Danny stabilizes our defense and gives us more experience on our back end for next year," said Carolina president and general manager Jim Rutherford.



Markov has scored 19 goals, 82 assists and 101 points with 240 penalty minutes and a plus-19 plus/minus rating in his NHL career. He recorded career highs in goals (6), assists (30), points (36) and games played (72) in 2001-02, his first season with the Coyotes.



The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Tanabe compiled 3 goals, 10 assists, 13 points and 24 penalty minutes in 68 games with the Hurricanes in 2002-03. He ranked seventh on the club in average ice time with 18:11 per game. Only 22 years of age, Tanabe has already played four seasons in the NHL.



Tanabe has career totals of 15-47-62 and 115 PIM in 251 games.



The 20-year-old Knyazev played in his first season in North America in 2002-03 with the Lowell Lock Monsters -- Carolina's top minor league affiliate in the American Hockey League - and recorded 2-5-7 and 68 PIM in 68 games.

 

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The Washington Post and the New York Daily News are reporting that the Capitals and New York Rangers are discussing a trade for All-Star forward Jaromir Jagr.



Multiple NHL sources have told the Post and the Daily News that talks are under way and the two teams could complete a trade Saturday afternoon during the NHL draft.



Washington General Manager George McPhee and New York General Manager Glen Sather have reportedly spoken frequently since arriving in Nashville midweek, sources said, though a deal would depend on Jagr's willingness to restructure his contract.



The Rangers are said to be shopping winger Pavel Bure and centre Eric Lindros, and Sather told reporters Friday that the team might also part with some restricted free agents, including former Oilers winger Anson Carter, who played 16 games with the Capitals in 1997.



The Rangers reportedly want Jagr to waive the final year of his contract, which awards incentives for reaching statistical goals. Sources also told the Post that the teams are negotiating how much of Jagr's contract Washington would assume. Jagr has five guaranteed years remaining on a $55 million contract, with the option year worth $11 million.



Jagr and Lindros are just two of the elite players reportedly on the block.



"I've never, in all the years I've been covering the NHL, seen so many big names available," said TSN analyst Bob McKenzie, a 20-year veteran of the hockey beat. "You go from team to team, and it seems that every player making more than $4 million is available for the right price."



"The problem is," McKenzie noted, "it's a buyer's market and there aren't too many teams buying right now. That makes these kinds of deals tough to make."