The Stanley Cup champions looked to Vancouver to see if they can improve their team in the offseason. The Ducks sent forward Ryan Shannon to the Canucks for the rights to negotiate with winger Jason King. Shannon had 11 points in 53 games last season for the Ducks and should provide a little bit of a spark to the line-up, while King has not played in the NHL in more than two years. Shannon will be playing next season, which makes him a possibilty for a pool and there is still some doubt whether or not King will be back. Ducks GM Brian Burke has had some relations with King previously, so he should be able to lure him back if possible.
Young forwards were dealt in this deal... the Ducks sending Tim Brent to Pittsburgh for Stephen Dixon. This deal may not affect the coming pool season, but with a season or two under each other's belts, you never know.
In another prospect deal, forward Jesse Schultz was sent from Vancouver to Atlanta for defenseman Jim Sharrow. Schultz has never turned into much of anything in the Canucks organization and is not highly regarded as much as when he was signed. Sharrow was a 4th rounder in 2003 and has a big frame that could be in need of a little bit more size. Otherwise, he'll be a defender worth looking at in the future.
Defenseman Chris Thorburn was sent to the Thrashers from the Penguins for a third round pick. Thorburn played 38 games last season and really isn't considered pool worthy and will possibly play only 38 games again and will not score that many more than his 5 points last season.
The Hurricanes acquired career-backup goaltender, Michael Leighton, from the Canadiens for a 7th round pick, which turned out to be a high school defenseman. Leighton really fell down the depth charts and Montreal and will go to Carolina to hold up the Ward/Grahame combination.
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