Capitals Re-Acquire Milan Jurcina

[HordiBrusk29]

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have acquired defenseman Milan Jurcina from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for a conditional draft pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.

Jurcina, 26, rejoins the Capitals after playing 27 games for Washington earlier this season before being sent to Columbus with Chris Clark in a Dec. 28, 2009, trade that brought Jason Chimera to the Capitals. He played 17 games for Columbus, recording one goal and two assists. He has one goal and six assists in 44 combined games this season. Jurcina recently represented Slovakia at the Olympics. He has a minor injury and may not be immediately available to play for the Capitals.

The 6’4”, 236-pound native of Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia, was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the eighth round, 241st overall in the 2001 NHL Draft. He has played in 319 career NHL games and has recorded 15 goals, 38 assists and 220 penalty minutes for Boston, Washington and Columbus.

[Grittzkey]

Odd.

[DaleHunter32]

what the f*ck

[RayzorEdge]

along with Chris Clark for Jason Chimera

for a 6th round pick. I blame Gord Miller.

[canuckfan]

Rarely see that, a team trades a guy then a few months later scramble to get him back. Maybe they liked his play since he left or couldn't get anything better done.

How do Caps fans feel getting Jurcina back?

[BigBadWolf1171]

errrrummm WTF?

[Grittzkey]

Wait... What???

[caps87]

And why the fuk would we do that?

[BigBadWolf1171]

Originally Posted by caps87

And why the fuk would we do that?

2 steps foward, 1 step back?

[stevecanuck16]

Washington is really loading up. I'd call them the winners of this trade deadline thus far.

[Thornton 19]

I've always liked Jurcina myself he played good in the olympics. Great size Great shot if he can learn to put it on the net more often his numbers would go up.

[NJDevils17]

I am completely lost. I thought this guy was on the Capitals the whole time.

[Cat Smasher]

6th round pick for Jurcina

[BigBadWolf1171]

hopefully jurcina isnt staying long and keeps his bags packed, i got nothing against him and he isnt horrible bt theres better to be had out there(and available).throw him in with a couple others and we could end up with room for the new guys and a decent Dman, but hey.... this is Mcphee we're talking about.

[Svyatoslav]

Sixth pick