Month: March 2010

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Blues acquired forwards Matt D’Agostini and Pierre-Cedric Labrie ahead of the NHL’s trade deadline Wednesday.D’Agostini had two goals, two assists and 26 penalty minutes in 40 games for the Montreal Canadiens this season, and scored 12 goals with nine assists and 16 penalty minutes in 53 games in 2008-09

PITTSBURGH – Newly acquired forward Alexei Ponikarovsky won’t play for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Rangers in New York on Thursday night because he lacks a U

TORONTO – Brian Burke said it best, as he often does.”I would say it was decidedly quiet,” the Toronto Maple Leafs general manager said after the NHL trade deadline had passed

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Rick Nash got a dose of reality just two days after achieving the proudest moment of his hockey career.The 25-year-old native of Brampton, Ont

TORONTO – Defenceman Tomas Kaberle offered to waive his infamous no-trade clause if the Toronto Maple Leafs allowed him to move to one of three preferred destinations, according to general manager Brian Burke, who ultimately had to settle on a series of lesser deals at the NHL’s trade deadline

EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers acquired Ryan Whitney from the Anaheim Ducks for Lubomir Visnovsky on Wednesday, an exchange of defencemen with long-term deals

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets waited until the final hour of the NHL trade deadline on Wednesday to deal forward Raffi Torres to the Buffalo Sabres for defenceman Nathan Paetsch and a second-round draft pick

CALGARY – The Calgary Flames have made a goalie switch, sending backup Curtis McElhinney to Anaheim for Vesa Toskala ahead of Wednesday’s trade deadline

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Once Ryan Miller finally got home to Buffalo early Wednesday, he tossed his Olympic silver medal “somewhere” on his dresser. And when he got to the rink for practice, the goalie was thinking about playoffs, not a podium

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Washington Capitals acquired centre Eric Belanger from the Minnesota Wild for a second-round draft pick Wednesday prior to the NHL trade deadline

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings have acquired prospect Jordan Owens from the New York Rangers in exchange for seldom-used forward Kris Newbury

Alex Ovechkin is refocused on the NHL, and not the fallout in Russia following his country’s poor performance at the Vancouver Games.”I’ll talk about the NHL, and no more Olympics, please,” Ovechkin said after a brief practice in Buffalo on Wednesday morning before the Washington Capitals’ game against the Sabres

TORONTO – Drew MacIntyre stopped 19 shots as the Chicago Wolves defeated the Toronto Marlies 3-0 in AHL action Wednesday.The shutout was the second of the season for MacIntyre (17-13-1)

EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers picked up forward Ryan Jones off waivers just ahead of Wednesday’s trade deadline.Jones played 41 games with the Nashville Predators this season, recording seven goals and four assists

Forward Scott Walker became the second veteran player to be moved by the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday, shipped to the Washington Capitals hours before the NHL’s trade deadline

VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Vancouver Canucks acquired forward Yan Stastny from the St. Louis Blues for prospect Pierre-Cedric Labrie on Wednesday

BOSTON – The Boston Bruins acquired defenceman Dennis Seidenberg and prospect Matthew Bartkowski from the Carolina Hurricanes for forwards Byron Bitz, Craig Weller and a second-round draft pick on Wednesday

Aaron Ward had a feeling something was in the works on the eve of the NHL trade deadline, and that feeling was proven correct on the big day, as the Carolina Hurricanes shipped their veteran defenceman to the Anaheim Ducks for a young goaltender and a draft pick

Defenceman Martin Skoula is off to his second team in less than 24 hours, as the Toronto Maple Leafs flipped him to the New Jersey Devils for a fifth-round selection in this year’s NHL Entry Draft

The playoff push is officially on in Phoenix.The NHL-owned Coyotes became buyers at Wednesday’s trade deadline, bringing in five players while only losing one regular from their roster