"If we didn't make it, we were very happy with our group moving forward here."Stastny also brings the experience of 55 playoff games — now the most of any player on the Jets' roster. Andrew Copp has been filling in for Lowry on a third line flanked by Patrik Laine and Nikolaj Ehlers. He became the NHL's second rookie defenceman with a point streak of at least nine games, joining Barry Beck, who had two 10-game runs while with the Colorado Rockies during the 1977-78 season."I should not have said this, but I'm so, so mad what they've done to this team. Obviously his name wasn't even out there so I was surprised to hear it, but my fingers were crossed."Stastny joins centres Mark Scheifele, Bryan Little, Matt Hendricks and injured Adam Lowry. Wheeler wears the same No. Cheveldayoff had tried to get Stastny in free agency in 2014.
Yeah, I threw that in there as a joke, but if he wants it he can have it."The pair had played together in Germany during the NHL's 2012-13 lockout season, have the same agent and crossed paths in their teens while playing for U.S. squads and attending camps.Stastny, a 12-year veteran in the last year of a four-year contract, waived his no-trade clause. The swap also included an exchange of conditional draft picks."This young team was ready to challenge, almost, for a Stanley Cup this season. The Avalanche signed him to a two-year deal last September after he scored a team-leading 28 goals in the 2009-10 season.With files from The Associated Press"I mean, that was a one-way deal. All they needed was some more chemistry, and some synergies.
Prior to the trade, the 27-year-old forward had six goals and 10 assists this season in 56 games.Late Friday night, the Avalanche shipped Stewart and rookie defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk to the Blues for defenceman Erik Johnson and forward Jay McClement. Stewart missed 21 contests and hasn't been the same since his return on Jan. 14, scoring just three goals.Shattenkirk made his debut on Nov. 4 against Vancouver.
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The Blues are retaining half his salary, which averages $7 million per year.Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said he got a text from St. Louis GM Doug Armstrong a few days ago telling him he might make Stastny available. Johnson, a six-foot-four rearguard who missed the 2008-09 season because of a knee injury, is a rugged defenceman with five goals and 19 points in 55 games this season.The 22-year-old Shattenkirk was a first-round pick of the Avalanche in 2007. Peter and Anton were the first two out of the three brothers to come to North America, in 1980; they were smuggled, along with Peter's pregnant wife with the help of the Quebec Nordiques' president and Governor Marcel Aubut and chief scout Gilles Léger out of Czechoslovakia to Austria. He had seven goals and 19 assists this season before the trade. That could be where the newcomer is plugged in.He let Wheeler know when it was a pending deal because he's the captain and knows Stastny."I offered it," Wheeler said with a smile. New Jersey Devils acquire: Date: Quebec Nordiques acquire: Peter Stastny: March 6, 1990: Craig Wolanin future considerations (Randy Velischek) About NHL Trade Tracker ; Peter Stastny says Avalanche "destroyed the team" with Stewart trade February 22, 2011 , 11:26 pm Peter Stastny bombshell: Avs-Blues trade “destroyed the team” "That just gives us a better chance to even get there. Stastny, a 12-year veteran in the last year of a four-year contract, waived his no-trade clause. He also was invited to take part in the skills competition during all-star weekend.McClement has spent his entire career with the Blues organization, playing in 449 games. We were happy with this team we had, but now we're even happier."Stastny will likely have to choose a new jersey number.
No, I'm just kidding. "Be a lot of pressure. Perhaps Peter Stastny is a believer in young NHLer Chris Stewart. Stastny Peter . I don't know what they were thinking in the Colorado organization.Well, at least Johnson made his presence felt by scoring the go-ahead goal in the third period Tuesday, with Paul Stastny delivering the winner with less than three minutes left in regulation.Perhaps Peter Stastny is a believer in young NHLer Chris Stewart. 1 SK Peter Stastny 1956 F 977 450 789 1239 824 -15 145 7 54 0.461 0.808 1.268 2 SK Marian Hossa 1979 F 1309 525 609 1134 628 245 143 34 85 0.401 0.465 0.866 3 SK Peter Bondra 1968 F 1081 503 389 892 761 74 149 32 78 0.465 0.360 0.825 Or maybe he just knows a bad trade when he sees one.It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges.Before Stewart's old team, the Colorado Avalanche, beat his St. Louis Blues 4-3 Tuesday night, the father of Avalanche forward Paul Stastny blasted Colorado general manager Greg Sherman for his latest deal.But the 23-year-old forward has been hampered after breaking his left hand on Nov. 27 in a skirmish with Minnesota's Kyle Brodziak.
The younger Stastny has racked up 805 career games with St. Louis and Colorado.
Or maybe he just knows a bad trade when he sees one. "It looks like we're now really wanting to win the Stanley Cup and now we have a really good chance to do it," Laine said.