Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg-With the Jets in a mini 2 game slide, GM Walsh decided to pull the trigger on a deal with the LA Queens. Headed to lala land are wingers Matt Cooke, and Andrew Brunette. Coming to Winterpeg are center Mike Peca, winger Ivan Novoseltsev, defenceman Nik Havelid, and mid round pick in next years draft and 3 million dollars.
This deal again helps the depth of our team. Sure we give up 2 good wingers but we add another decent centerman, a depth winger and another defenceman which is something we really needed. With Matt out for a couple of weeks we felt this trade would help us immediately. Andrew was a good player for us but often disappeared in the low scoring, tight checking games. The cash really made the deal workable from our view. We wish Matt and Andrew all the best with the playboy bunnies.
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