Man, you go out and run a couple errands after getting home and trades start coming down the wire. The Canucks were busy making moves while I was out and they aren't too bad. The Canucks acquired Bryan Smolinski (Box 1) from the Blackhawks for a conditional second rounder. Smolinski, however, was not picked by any team in the pool, so this trade has very little effect to the pool.
The Canucks second move of the evening was re-acquiring defenseman Brent Sopel (Box 10) from the Los Angeles Kings. For Sopel, they gave up a 2nd and 4th round pick. Sopel, a big shooting defenseman will give the Canucks some depth behind Ohlund and Salo. Sopel still exists on three team in the pool and should give those teams a few more points down the stretch.
Between these three teams, we saw two trades which only involved two pool players. In the first deal, the Blackhawks sent defenseman Lasse Kukkonen and a 3rd rounder to Philadelphia in exchange for Kyle Calder (Box 19). Then the Blackhawks turned around and dealt Calder to the Red Wings for winger Jason Williams (Box 9). In essence, for pool purposes, we'll just call this deal Calder for Williams. Calder, dropped to the point of zero in the pool, and Williams is still on three teams this season. Calder will add some size to the Wings' line-up, while Williams will join an already fast team and make it that much faster. Sadly, he isn't a defenseman... where they need some more speed.
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