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[wildcat48]

ANAHEIM DUCKS ACQUIRE MARK MOWERS FROM BOSTON

Club Also Assigns Center Petteri Wirtanen to Portland

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has acquired center Mark Mowers from Boston in exchange for defensemen Brett Skinner and Nathan Saunders. At the same time, the club also announced it has assigned center Petteri Wirtanen to Portland, Anaheim’s primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL).

[Go_Krog]

why?

[Ducksforcup]

Probably to clear out some defensemen. Now there isn't as much of a logjam.

[wildcat48]

It has to do with the fact that Anaheim had too many defenseman and they can't play 11 defenseman in Portland.

With that said Anaheim is still deep on D, because they still they need assign a player to Portland.

[Dark Knight]

That means Marchant will center the checking line and Parros, May and Mowers will be on the 4th line...

[DropThePuck]

I thought the League minimum is higher than Mowers' listed salary: $475K

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[DucksFan39]

this also clears us one more contract under the fifty contract rule.

[wildcat48]

Ducks deal Skinner and Saunders to Boston

Portland, ME - With the Anaheim Ducks currently having 31 players on their roster, they made several moves today in preparation for there travel to London, England for the opening weekend of the NHL season against the L.A. Kings.

The Ducks trimmed their roster to 27 players, including 15 forwards, eight defensemen and four goaltenders.

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[Ducksforcup]

this also clears us one more contract under the fifty contract rule.

Yep, now I think we may have 48 contracts instead of the 49 we had previously.

[lvsprt]

So King was sent down, huh. Well I hope we see the kid again this year,I liked what I "heard" from him.

[Kariya9]

Umm mowers kinda blows...

[Dark Knight]

Umm mowers kinda blows...

Well you know, you just can't trust Burke's instincts on these things

[SpecialEd]

Umm mowers kinda blows...

He blows big time. I wouldn’t trade Saunders alone for him.

[Captain Quack]

I'm a big fan of Burke. Not because I like the Ducks or I agree with him about Dustin Penner (which I do) or because I like lawyers (which I don't) but because he has assured Bruins fans that Mark Mowers will not be playing with the Bruins next year.

Now, I'm sure Mark is a good guy and all that but, putting that aside, thank God he's gone. Hopefully his departure also symbolically marks the shift into a new, tight checking and aggressive team attitude from the lackluster, soft game that Mark embodies. I hope this is also symbolic in that it gets rid of yet another vestige of the Dave Lewis era. No more will we have to suffer through unexplainable shifts for Mowers and suddenly the intuition of Bruins fans everywhere is vindicated.

We received two d-men in return (yes, the Bruins actually got something in return) in Brett Skinner and Nathan Saunders. Both are likely to be career AHLers at most but I don’t care because Mowers is gone. Is it possible Burke felt bad for Chiarelli after Chistov decided to abandon ship? Nah, probably not I guess, but this is almost like revenge.

I just heard a collective sigh of relief emanate from Bruins nation. Does this mean Metropolit can expect and offer?

~Hockeybuzz article
Doesn't sound like a Brian Burke player, he'll be sent down in a week I think.

[LightItUp4126]

Umm mowers kinda blows...

He blows big time. I wouldn’t trade Saunders alone for him.

You ever actually watch Mowers? He isn't supposed to go to Anaheim I don't think, but I bet he could fit in if he tried hard enough.

[wildcat48]

Umm mowers kinda blows...

He blows big time. I wouldn’t trade Saunders alone for him.

You ever actually watch Mowers? He isn't supposed to go to Anaheim I don't think, but I bet he could fit in if he tried hard enough.

If he wasn't for Anaheim, they would have assigned him instead of sending down Wirtanen.....I think he's going to fill in on the forth line and Carter is going to blend in on the third line.

[runaroundace]

Umm mowers kinda blows...

He blows big time. I wouldn’t trade Saunders alone for him.

You ever actually watch Mowers? He isn't supposed to go to Anaheim I don't think, but I bet he could fit in if he tried hard enough.

If he wasn't for Anaheim, they would have assigned him instead of sending down Wirtanen.....I think he's going to fill in on the forth line and Carter is going to blend in on the third line.

I don't think there will be room on the 3rd line for carter.....looks like it will be moen, marchant, and rob Niedermayer......has more of a shot at fighting for the 4th line center job with mowers I believe.

[432j]

I just heard a collective sigh of relief emanate from Bruins nation. Does this mean Metropolit can expect and offer?

~Hockeybuzz article
Doesn't sound like a Brian Burke player, he'll be sent down in a week I think.

There's a difference between the Bruins and the Ducks - and, no, I'm not talking about the fact that one team spent the summer partying with Stanley and the other finished so far out of contention that they could have been called the Kings or Coyotes.

In Anaheim, Mowers will be given a role, told to play within that role. If he does, he'll probably be very successful and a nice addition. If not, he'll be on a plane.

In Boston, they were stuck trying to make it work, because, bluntly, they didn't have enough talent in the system to have many other options.

[DropThePuck]

"I'm meeting (the Ducks) in New York tonight and then getting on a plane for London, where we open the season on Saturday," said Mowers, who was reached by phone while getting on a plane at Logan Airport in Boston. "I definitely didn't expect to get traded, but it sure seems like they want me."

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[Kariya9]

Umm mowers kinda blows...

He blows big time. I wouldn’t trade Saunders alone for him.

You ever actually watch Mowers? He isn't supposed to go to Anaheim I don't think, but I bet he could fit in if he tried hard enough.

Yep, and I remember thinkin... 'This guy blows'

[adamrice23]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJytuNxfBP4

[Veca]

One hit don't tell us anything about the kid. Maybe if Boston had a Parros or May, he would never have been hit, who knows. He also just may be used for trade bait or something like that.

OT...someone help that poor dog reach that cookie, he is starving. Dog abuse....? Hmmm..

[Tomato Assasin]

The trade will turn out to be a good one if he can do more of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMqH0e2MgzA

p.s. veca i love your sig!!

[Syko]

Not too bad that move.. Give him a chance...

[Dark Knight]

Watch several of Mowers' goals both with Detroit and Boston. Has speed and good hands.