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Bruins trade Nokelainen to Ducks for Montador

By Stanley Cup of Chowder

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

Steve Montador

#5 / Defenseman / Anaheim Ducks

6-0

210

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

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.