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Old 02-07-2009, 01:59 PM
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Brookbank, Melichar Sent to Tampa Bay for Jokinen
TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired left wing Wade Brookbank, defenseman Josef Melichar and a fourth-round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for left wing Jussi Jokinen, Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Lawton announced.

Brookbank, 6 foot 4, 225 pounds, has played in 27 games with Carolina this season, scoring one goal and ranking tied for third on the team in penalty minutes with 40. He is a veteran of 127 career NHL games with Nashville, Vancouver, Boston and the Hurricanes. He has amassed six goals and nine points with a 345 penalty minutes in his career. Brookbank also has a career plus-5 rating.

A native of Lanigan, Saskatchewan, Brookbank has also played in 25 games with the American Hockey League’s Albany River Rats this season, recording two assists and 28 penalty minutes. He has played in 231 career AHL games with Albany, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Providence, Manitoba, Binghamton, Milwaukee and Grand Rapids. He has registered two goals, 20 points and 858 penalty minutes in his AHL career. He has also played in 17 career Calder Cup Playoff games.

Brookbank was undrafted and began his professional career with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in 1999-00.

Melichar, a 6-2, 222-pound native of Ceske Budjovice, Czech Republic, has played in 15 games with the Hurricanes this season, recording four assists. He has also appeared in 25 games with Albany of the AHL, recording a goal and five points.

In his seventh NHL season, Melichar has played in 325 career NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina. He has recorded seven goals and 44 points, including one shorthanded goal, during his career. Melichar has also played in 151 career AHL games with the River Rats and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, recording six goals and 24 points.

Melichar was drafted by Pittsburgh in the third round, 71st overall, in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.
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Old 02-07-2009, 02:07 PM
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Yessssssssssss! Please give Gillies his shot!
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Old 02-07-2009, 02:07 PM
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Why ? can we now call up konopka, i rather have him playing than brookbank and Koci is a much better Enforcer then Brookbank.
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Yessssssssssss! Please give Gillies his shot!
Is he healthy enough to play/fight now? He was out for a while with concussion symptoms after smacking his head on the ice in a fight with Bissonnette.
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Old 02-07-2009, 02:10 PM
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Why ? can we now call up konopka, i rather have him playing than brookbank and Koci is a much better Enforcer then Brookbank.
Brookbank has a small cap hit. TB can probably eat it if they have to. It may be like the Pens trading Sabourin to Edmonton. The Oil didn't really want him and told him not to report and waived him. I guess he's in Springfield now. Brookbank is probably going straight to Norfolk with Melichar.
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Maybe Wade can actually play in Tampa now. The guy deserves a shot but it will be tough splitting fights with Koci. Brookbank was all kinds of active last season and was my pick for a Top 10 slot this season. Maybe this trade will be a kick in the ass to start wrecking everything in sight again.
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Brookbank has a small cap hit. TB can probably eat it if they have to. It may be like the Pens trading Sabourin to Edmonton. The Oil didn't really want him and told him not to report and waived him. I guess he's in Springfield now. Brookbank is probably going straight to Norfolk with Melichar.
Oh i expect them to go the A right away but still, why not try and package Jokinen and Hall for a decent D man ? i know our ownership is fuking beyond retarded but still intelligence has to prevail at some point.

I hope Z gets the call up in the next few days .
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I hate this ****ing Maurice Asshole.
trading away the team enforcer for a guy like Jokinen..


all the guys who warned the fans when Maurice signed where right-
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I hate this ****ing Maurice Asshole.
trading away the team enforcer for a guy like Jokinen..


all the guys who warned the fans when Maurice signed where right-
Maurice has and always will have a giant vagina filled with epic amounts of sand, the guy just has an empty pouch.
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tampa made off like bandits. got so much for a sack a ****.
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I dont think Maurice will play him..
What about Tom Rowe? Which job does he have in the organization? Is he the coach from Albany? if I am correct Rowe is a good guy and likes Gillies.
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Interesting trade.. doesn't make much sense to me. Tampa already has Koci and Norfolk is loaded with toughness.
Jokinen is also worthless, but I can understand Maurice wanting him since he's gay.
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carolina looks like a bunch of idiots after this trade. jokinen sucks ass.
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Interesting trade.. doesn't make much sense to me. Tampa already has Koci and Norfolk is loaded with toughness.
Jokinen is also worthless, but I can understand Maurice wanting him since he's gay.
I was wondering about that too. Neither Koci nor Brookbank make a whole lot of $$$$, but Koci is much beloved in Norfolk, so he'd probably get to go there. But the Admirals already have Jay Rosehill and Brent Henley as the resident heavyweights, so they don't need either guy. And Tampa didn't play Koci often enough, let alone 2 heavyweights, so unless they're working out a trade involving Koci or one of the heavies at the AHL level, I agree that this deal doesn't make sense for Tampa.
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carolina looks like a bunch of idiots after this trade. jokinen sucks ass.
This is Jokinen's 3rd franchise already in what, 13 months?
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