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The Coyotes have acquired Kyle Wood, Alex Tanguay and Conner Bleackley from the Avalanche for Mikkel Boedker.

Wood, 19, was a third round pick (84th overall) in the 2014 NHL Draft. The 6-foot-5, 217 lbs. defenseman has picked up 35 points (8G / 27A) in 40 games with the North Bay Battalion (OHL) this season.

Kyle Wood
The Coyotes have acquired Conner Bleackley, Alex Tanguay and Kyle Wood from the Avalanche for Mikkel Boedker.

Bleackley, 20, was a firth round pick (23rd overall) in 2014. The centre has 13 goals and 28 assists (41 points) in 47 games with the Red Deer Rebels (WHL) this season.

Conner Bleackley
The Coyotes have acquired Alex Tanguay, Conner Bleackley and Kyle Wood from the Avalanche for Mikkel Boedker.

Tanguay is set to become an unrestricted free agent and is now set to play with the fifth different team of his NHL career. The veteran winger has four goals and 18 assists (22 points) in 52 games this season and is expected to slide into the Coyotes’ top-6 for Boedker.

Alex Tanguay
The Avalanche have acquired Mikkel Boedker from the Coyotes for Alex Tanguay, Conner Bleackley and Kyle Wood.

Boedker, 26 spent the first eight seasons of his NHL career with the Coyotes, picking up 39 points (13G / 26A) in 62 games this season and 213 career points (80G / 133A) in 445 games with the Yotes. He is expected to slide right in for Tanguay in the Avs’ top-6.

Mikkel Boedker
The Blackhawks have acquired Drew MacIntyre from the Hurricanes for Dennis Robertson.

MacIntyre has gone 11-13-1 with a 3.09 GAA and .890 SV% in 28 games with Charlotte (AHL) this season. He was sent to the Blackhawks, where he provides Rockford (AHL) with goaltending depth.

Drew MacIntyre
The Coyotes have acquire Sergei Plotnikov from the Penguins for Matthias Plachta and a 2017 7th Round Pick.

Plotnikov has often served as a healthy scratch this season after coming over from the KHL this summer. He has two assists in 32 games this season, and could already face his former team tonight with the Coyotes in Pittsburgh.

Sergei Plotnikov
The Kings have acquired Kris Versteeg from the Hurricanes for Valentin Zykov and a conditional fifth round pick.

Versteeg won a Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks last season and has picked up 11 goals and 22 assists (33 points) in 63 games with the Hurricanes this season. He’ll have a shot at another Stanley Cup this season as he joins the Kings, where he could find himself in their top-6.

Kris Versteeg
The Rangers have acquired Eric Staal from the Hurricanes for a 2016 second round pick, a 2017 second round pick and Aleksi Saarela.

Staal has been with the Hurricanes since being drafted second overall in 2003. He has seen his offensive output dip in recent years and has posted just 10 goals and 23 assists (33 points) in 63 games this season. He is a pending unrestricted free agent and leaves one brother (Jordan) to join another (Marc). He will play in the Rangers’ top-6 and shouldn’t be leaned on as heavily as he was in Carolina.

Eric Staal
The Sabres have acquired Michael Sdao, Eric O’Dell, Cole Schneider and Alex Guptill from the Senators for Jason Akeson, Phil Varone, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc and a conditional draft pick.

Sdao, 26, was a seventh round pick (191st overall) in 2009. He never appeared in an NHL game with the Senators and had just two assists in 17 games on the Binghamton (AHL) blueline this season.

Michael Sdao
The Sabres have acquired Alex Guptill, Eric O’Dell, Cole Schneider, and Michael Sdao from the Senators for Jason Akeson, Phil Varone, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc and a conditional draft pick.

Guptill, 23, was a third round pick (77th overall) in 2010 and was acquired by the Senators as a part of the Jason Spezza deal with Dallas. He had just one assist in three games with Binghamton this season and 14 goals and nine assists in 38 games between Evansville and Manchester of the ECHL.

Alex Guptill
The Sabres have acquired Cole Schneider, Eric O’Dell, Alex Guptill and Michael Sdao from the Senators for Jason Akeson, Phil Varone, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc and a conditional draft pick.

Schneider, 25, was leading Binghamton (AHL) in points with 42 (17G / 25A) in 54 games at the time of the trade. He now heads to Rochester after spending nearly five full years with Binghamton, where he had 83 goals and 108 assists (191 points) in 263 games.

Cole Schneider
The Sabres have acquired Eric O’Dell, Cole Schneider, Alex Guptill and Michael Sdao from the Senators for Jason Akeson, Phil Varone, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc and a conditional draft pick.

O’Dell, 25, was a second round pick (39th overall) in 2008 and was in his first season with the Senators organization. The young centre has 37 points (18G / 19A) in 50 games with Binghamton (AHL) this season and eight career NHL points (3G / 5A) in 41 games with the Jets.

Eric O'Dell
The Senators have acquired Phil Varone, Jason Akeson, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc and a conditional draft pick from the Sabres for Eric O’Dell, Cole Schneider, Alex Guptill and Michael Sdao.

Varone, 25, was a fifth round pick (147th overall) in 2009. He has 32 points (13G / 19A) in 44 games with the Americans (AHL) this season and two points (1G / 1A) in five games with the Sabres.

Phil Varone