Notable trades and transactions thus far:
Updated!
Yesterday
-LW Vaclav Prospal from Tampa to Philadelphia for D Alexandre Picard (the other Alexandre Picard, jo4heisman!) and a 2009 pick
-D Dan Boyle signs 6-year extension with Tampa - off the trading block
-D Barrett Jackman signs 4-year extension with St. Louis
-RW Darren McCarty signs 1-year deal with Detroit and is assigned to AHL - has not played in the NHL this season
-C Peter Forsberg signs 1-year deal with the Avs
Today
-D Bryce Salvador from St. Louis to New Jersey for RW Cam Jannsen
-RW Wade Belak from Toronto to Florida for 2008 5th round pick
-D Brian Campbell (2X all-star, 5g & 38a this season) from Buffalo to San Jose for RW Steve Bernier and 1st Round Pick
-C Brad Richards (18g 33a in 62 games) and G Johan Holmqvist (20-16-0-6, 3.01 GAA, .890 Sv%) from Tampa to Dallas for
G Mike Smith (12-9-0-0, 2.46 GAA, .906 SV%), LW Jussi Jokinen (14g, 14a in 52 games), and C Jeff Halpern (10g, 14a in 64
games)
-G Cristobal Huet (21-12-0-6, 2.56 GAA, .916 Sv%) from Montreal to Washington for 2nd round pick
-D Ruslan Salei (3g, 20a in 65 games) from Florida to the Avs for D Karlis Skrastins (1g, 3a in 20 games) and 3rd round pick
-LW Tuomo Ruutu (6g, 15a in 60 games) from Chicago to Carolina for LW Andrew Ladd (9g, 9a in 43 games)
-RW Martin Lapointe (3g, 4a in 52 games) from Chicago to Ottawa for 6th round pick -D Adam Foote to Colorado from Columbus for conditional 1st round pick. If the Avs make the playoffs this season, the CBJ get an '08 1st 'round pick. If they miss the playoffs, it;s an '09 1st round pick. Also, the CBJ pick up an additional pick if Foote resigns with Colorado, quality of pick being determined by terms of new contract
-C Sergei Federov to Washington from Columbus for D
Ted Ruth. Ruth was a 2nd round pick last year and is a freshman for Notre Dame.
-D Rob Davison (15 games, 21 PIM) to Islanders from San Jose for 7th round pick.
-LW Matt Cooke (7g, 9a in 61 games) to Washington from Vancouver for LW Matt Pettinger (2g, 5a in 56 games)
-D Hall Gill (2g, 18a in 63 games) to Pittsburgh from Toronto for 2nd and 5th round picks
-RW Marian Hossa (26g, 30a in 60 games) and LW Pascal Dupuis (10g, 5a in 62 games) to Pittsburgh from Atlanta for RW Colby Armstrong (9g, 15a in 54 games), C Erik Christensen (9g, 11a in 49 games), C Angelo Esposito (20th overall pick last season), and 1st round pick.
-D Christian Backman (1g, 9a in 45 games) to Rangers from St. Louis for 4th round pick.
-D Brad Stuart (5g, 16a in 63 games) to Detroit from LA for 2nd and 4th round picks
That should cover it, I think.