I know he’s a little soft but he’s a solid playmaker.  I think Tampa Bay got a good deal here but I don’t know how great it is for Tanguay.  I’ll try to stay optimistic since he really could work well with Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos.

In 659 career games, Tanguay has 193 goals and 387 assists.

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In case you’re not following them, you can keep up with the latest Bolts announcements @TBLIGHTNING since it looks like that’s the place to look for breaking news.

“In acquiring Drew Miller today, we were able to add a character individual, a versatile with good size and the ability to kill penalties,” said Lightning GM Brian Lawton. “Drew finished the season nicely in Anaheim a year ago, and he has played well for the Ducks in the postseason over his career.”

I hope it was a good trade since Tampa could use all the help they can get…

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The latest news is that Heatley could end up going to the San Jose Sharks (Sens GM Bryan Murray brought this “option” up) if third team gets involved and some are saying it will be the Montreal Canadiens.  The Sharks are willing to ship Jonathan Cheechoo along with Christian Ehrhoff and a first-round selection but it’s unclear whether this is interesting enough for the Sens to consider.

A league executive is quoted as saying: “if the Sharks don’t have what the Senators want, then (GM) Doug Wilson might have to go get it from another team.  ‘The Senators want a proven scoring winger in return and that means you might have to get a third team involved.”

In order for this to work, the Sharks would have to acquire someone from the Habs (presumably) but the player would need to be of interest to Ottawa.  I just think this is too much effort to dump a disgruntled, ungrateful player like Heatley.  I hope it works out for the teams but I don’t give a rat’s ass what happens to Heatley at this point.

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During his 10 year career in the NHL, he has played for the New York Rangers, Phoenix Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche and Calgary Flames while splitting his 75 games last season between the Rangers and the Coyotes.  He had five goals and 15 assists.

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There were a couple deals that left people scratching their heads.  Patrick O’Sullivan was actually traded TWICE while the Tampa Bay Lightning sent injured players, including goaltender Olaf Kolzig, to the Toronto Maple Leafs. 

Here’s a list of the trades today:

• Flames Send LeLande to Blue Jackets
• San Jose Trade Kyle McLaren to Philadelphia 
• Tampa Sends Kolzig, Heward and Rogers to Toronto 
• O’Sullivan Traded Twice in Deal Involving Williams, Cole and Kotalik
• Last Minute Deal: Anaheim Trades Pahlsson, Moen and Huskins
• Bouwmeester Stays With Florida Panthers
• Bolts Sends Eminger to Panthers for Welch and 3rd Round Draft Pick 
• Leafs Send Moore to Buffalo for 2nd Round Draft Pick 
• NY Rangers Acquire Morris from Coyotes 
• Anaheim Acquires Christensen, Send O’Dell to Atlanta 
• New York Rangers Acquire Nik Antropov 
• Leafs Pick Up Gerber, Put Toskala on IR List 
• Flyers Trade Upshall to Coyotes for Carcillo 
• Islanders Trade Guerin to the Penguins 
• Stars Pick Morrison off Waivers from Ducks 
• Veteran Forward Mark Recchi Joins Bruins 
• Montador to Anaheim, Nokalainen to Boston 
• Sabres Give Connolly 2-Year, $9 Million Deal 
• Wozniewski Added to Penguins Roster 
• Leclaire Goes to Ottawa, Vermette Sent to Columbus 
• Jokinen Traded to Flames, Lombardi and Prust Head to Coyotes 
• Coyotes Deal Goalie Tellqvist to Sabres 
• Senators Give Kuba 3-Year Extension 
• Jordan Leopold Returns to Calgary Flames

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The Blue Jackets immediately assigned the young netminder to the Syracuse Crunch, which is the Blue Jackets AHL affiliate which isn’t too big of a change for him.  He had spent time playing with both the Quad City Flames of the AHL and the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL this season.  With the Wranglers, he registered a 17-5-4 record with a 2.05 goals against average and a .932 save percentage in 27 games.

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Philadelphia Flyers

The 31-year-old was drafted by the Boston Bruins during the first round (9th overall) of the 1995 Entry Draft.

“In 719 games in the NHL, McLaren has amassed 46 goals and 161 assists with a plus- 27 rating.”

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Olaf Kolzig

Clearly, this is a salary cap deal that will need to be reviewed by the NHL since the 26-year-old Petiot is not worth all of those players.  He has three goals, 14 assists in 45 games with Toronto Marlies of the AHL so far this season.

Kolzig is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer but will be off the roster for the remainder of the season due to an arm injury.  In the eight games that he did play, he had a 2-4-1 record with an .898 save percentage.

Heward is also on the injured reserve list with a concussion.  He has two assists in 13 games this season and is sidelined indefinitely. 

Rogers has been in the AHL all season.

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It was soon learned, however, that the 24-year-old would be on the move again when he was swiftly traded by the Hurricanes to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Erik Cole, who was part of the Canes organization when they won the Stanley Cup in 2006.  The Oilers then acquired forward Ales Kotalik from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a second-round draft pick.

O’Sullivan has 14 goals and 23 assists in 62 games this season.  Cole has 16 goals and 11 assists. Kotalik has 13 goals and 19 assists in 56 games. 

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In exchange for Pahlsson (who has five goals and 10 assists in 52 games this season), the Ducks acquired James Wisniewski and a draft pick.

The Moen/Huskins deal sent forward Nick Bonino, goaltender Timo Pielmeier and a conditional draft pick to Anaheim.

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