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Leafs Trade Deadline Tracker

March 3, 2010 in Latest Leafs Updates 0

Here is a list of the deals that the Toronto Maple Leafs made leading up to the 3pm NHL trade deadline on Wednesday, March 3.

To Pittsburgh: Alexei Ponikarovsky (F)
To Toronto: Luca Caputi (F) and Martin Skoula (D)

To New Jersey: Martin Skoula (D)
To Toronto: 5th round pick in 2010

To Phoenix: Lee Stempniak (F)
To Toronto: Matt Jones (D), 4th round pick in 2010, and 7th round pick in 2010

To Pittsburgh: 6th round pick in 2010
To Toronto: Chris Peluso (D)

To Anaheim: Joey MacDonald (G)
To Toronto: 7th round pick in 2011

Canes Easily Beat Leafs 5 to 1

March 3, 2010 in Leafs Game Recaps 0

Leafs scorers: Mitchell (4)
Hurricanes scorers: Larose (4), Jokinen (24), Sutter (15), Ruutu (13), Samsonov (13)
Links: Game Summary | Stats | Discussion boards

Forward lines: Stalberg-Bozak-Kessel, Mitchell-Hanson-Stempniak, Sjostrom-Wallin-Kulemin, Lundmark-Primeau-Orr
Defence pairings: Phaneuf-Beauchemin, Kaberle-Schenn, Exelby-Gunnarsson
Goaltenders: Giguere (Loss 60:00 minutes played, 25 saves, 5 GA), Gustavsson (0:00)
Noteworthy:
-Toronto gave up 4 or more goals in a game for the 26th time this season.
-Alexei Ponikarovsky was a healthy scratch for the game, and was traded to Pittsburgh later in the evening in exchange for Luca Caputi and Martin Skoula.
-Team Canada gold medal winner Eric Staal registered an assist for Carolina. Staal is the 23rd player in NHL history to win an Olympic gold medal, a Stanley Cup, and a World Championship

Ponikarovsky Traded to Penguins

March 2, 2010 in Latest Leafs Updates 0

Alexei Ponikarovsky has been traded from the Maple Leafs to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Ponikarovsky has 19 goals and 41 points in 61 games this season, and has played his entire NHL career so far with Toronto (477 games).

In exchange, the Leafs get prospect Luca Caputi, a Toronto native. Caputi, 21, was a fourth-round pick of Pittsburgh in 2007.

Toronto also gets defenceman Martin Skoula, who was included in the trade due to Pittsburgh’s salary cap considerations. Skoula, a 2001 Stanley Cup winner with Colorado, is 30 years old and has 8 points in 33 games this season.

Link: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=312141

Tuesday News: Trade Deadline Looms; Leafs Host Hurricanes

March 2, 2010 in Daily Round-Up 0

The Leafs are on the ice for their first game following the Olympic break as they host gold medal winner Eric Staal and the Carolina Hurricanes (7pm, SportsNet, AM 640).

Veterans Wayne Primeau and Alexei Ponikarovsky wonder if they will still be Leafs by tomorrow’s trade deadline, while Tomas Kaberle’s agent says that his client has not asked for his no-trade clause to be waived.

Here are the hockey headlines in the news this morning: