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Old 02-25-2008, 10:08 PM
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Lightning Send Prospal to Philadelphia

TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired defenseman Alexandre Picard and either a second or third-round pick from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for center/left wing Vaclav Prospal, Executive Vice President and General Manager Jay Feaster announced. If Philadelphia qualifies for the 2008 Eastern Conference Finals Tampa Bay will receive Philadelphia’s second-round pick in 2009, and if they do not the Lightning will receive Calgary’s third-round pick in 2009.

“Alexander Picard is a young prospect with good size and excellent hockey sense who has played in the NHL,” said Feaster. "We believe he has a significant amount of upside in his future. In moving Vaclav Prospal we wanted to add to our organizational depth, and by acquiring both a young defenseman and a future draft pick we were able to achieve that goal."

A native of Gatineau, Quebec, Picard has played in 53 games with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League this season and ranks second on the team, first among defensemen, in points with 38. His eight goals and five power-play goals also lead all Phantom defensemen. Picard represented Philadelphia at the 2008 AHL All-Star Game and recorded one assist. He has established AHL career highs this season in goals, assists and points.

The 6-foot-2, 220-pound defenseman has played in 134 career AHL games recording 16 goals and 74 points. He has played his entire three-season AHL career with the Phantoms. He has also played in two career Calder Cup Playoff games.

Picard has played in 72 career NHL games with the Flyers, tallying three goals, 22 points and 23 penalty minutes. On February 1, 2007 against the New Jersey Devils he posted five assists which set a Flyers record for most assists by a defenseman and most assists by a rookie in a single game. He became just the second rookie defenseman in NHL history (Gary Suter, CGY, 6 vs. EDM on 4/4/86) and just the third player in Flyers history (Eric Lindros, Bobby Clarke) to accomplish the feat.

The 22-year-old was drafted by Philadelphia in the third-round, 85th overall, at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He played in 255 career junior games with Halifax and Cape Breton of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and recorded 31 goals and 122 points.
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:10 PM
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This looks like a good move for the Flyers.
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Not a bad move... will help out with missing Gagne.
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:10 PM
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Terrific move by the Flyers.
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:10 PM
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Good work thrillhouse, JB and RC will probably not play together again.
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:10 PM
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God damn it I was hopeing Vinny came to phx. Wow philly got a hell of a deal!
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:11 PM
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****in horrid trade for the Lightning. Picard....Were there no more bags of pucks? Congrats, Philly. I think you'll like Vinny.

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Good addition to the Flyers IMO. I've always liked Prospal, all the way back from his days with the Hershey Bears in the early 90's.
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:12 PM
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what a steal. picard seemed to be in the organizations doghouse. best of luck to him in tampa.
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:13 PM
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:14 PM
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I'm happy with it. We needed any type of extra scoring help at this point. Picard will be a stud in the future though, a little sad to see him go.
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:15 PM
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i feel like tampa shouldve gotten more. is prospal a ufa at seasons end?
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:16 PM
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****in horrid trade for the Lightning. Picard....Were there no more bags of pucks? Congrats, Philly. I think you'll like Vinny.

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Yo Hump, can you send Richards or St Louis to Dallas please? gracias
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Great trade for both sides. With Tampa going nowhere this year its the perfect opp for them to get some fresh talent. This will hopefully propel philly to a playoff spot and get them out of their funk.
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:19 PM
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In a trade market with a lot of the top names seemingly coming off the table from no-trade clauses or other statements, Prospal was a big fish. Great pickup by the Flyers to get a very useful scoring forward, especially given all of their recent injury problems, and they really only had to give up one decent prospect. Great trade for the Flyers.
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