The first deal of the day saw
Martin Skoula to rival Tampa Bay for
Kyle Calder.
"We needed more help up front. D is hard to come by, but we wanted Calder more than Skoula heading into next season." stated GM Prottotype.
The second one almost became a head bashing against the wall exercise until there was a breakthrough in the negotiations.
Heading to the Chicago Blackhawks is goaltenders
Johan Holmqvist and
Kevin Nastiuk, and defenseman
Brett Carson.
Coming back to the Nordique are forwards
Ales Kotalik and goalie
Mike Smith.
"We were impressed with Mike Smith in the NHL this season, with the Stars ability to pump out goalies over the last decade. Kotalik is a big favourite of mine, and I'm pleased to bring him back to play on our 2nd line."
This now leaves the Nords hurting in the defensive department, but the forwards look stellar.
Shannahan - Wellwood - ?
Calder - Lang - Kotalik
Afenosenkov - Lindros - Branko
? - Beech - Tootoo
Zhitnik - ?
? - ?
Seidenberg - ?
Luongo
Smith