Bruins trade Nokelainen to Ducks for Montador

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Mar 4, 2009 12:55 PM EST

The Bruins have traded forward Petteri Nokelainen to the Anaheim Ducks in exhange for defenseman Steve Montador.

Steve Montador

#5 / Defenseman / Anaheim Ducks

Height: 6-0

Weight: 210

Born: Dec 21, 1979

Bruins get:

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2008 - Steve Montador	65	4	16	20	14	125	0	0	0	0	100	4.0

Ducks get:

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2008 - Petteri Nokelainen	33	0	3	3	-1	10	0	0	0	0	30	0.0

GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG GTG SOG PCT

2008 - Petteri Nokelainen 33 0 3 3 -1 10 0 0 0 0 30 0.0

I love this trade. The Bruins got better on the blue line without messing with the core of the team and added some physicality to the D-corps. This also seems like a great move chemistry-wise as well. Montador is close friends with Andrew Ference, who he has done some charity work with.

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gotta love thug life

http://www.nesn.com/content/bruins/story/Bs-trade-Nokelainen-for-Montador/RCjnceNX1kC5JnHmu-Mvlw.cspx?rss=1607

The defenseman is not known for his scoring, picking up just 18 goals and 49 assists in 355 career games. He’s racked up 586 penalty minutes and has a career plus-minus rating of plus-8.

"Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me." Michael Scott

by Jeff Clark on Mar 4, 2009 1:12 PM EST reply actions

whither Stuart?

Barring another trade, it looks like Stuart’s riding the pine. We know Julien’s not going to bench Hnidy… anything short of throwing the puck into his own net and flipping off the bench won’t affect Hnidy getting 20 minutes. So Stuart gets scratched and Hunwick’s off to Providence.

Threadjack… TSN just reported the acquisition of Mark Recchi. That’s pretty nice.

by pstar on Mar 4, 2009 1:26 PM EST reply actions