Wild Trade Manny Fernandez to Bruins for Petr Kalus and Draft Pick

[BROKEN*ORBITAL]

SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Minnesota Wild President and General Manager Doug Risebrough today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has acquired right wing Petr Kalus (pronounced PEE-tuhr KA-luhs) and a fourth round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft from the Boston Bruins in exchange for goaltender Manny Fernandez.

Kalus, 20 (6/29/87), recorded 30 points (13-17=30), including five power play goals, 110 penalty minutes (PIM) and a +5 rating in 43 games with the Providence Bruins in the American Hockey League (AHL) during his first season of professional hockey in 2006-07. He ranked third on the team in PIM and added a goal and 12 PIM in nine playoff games. The 6-foot-1, 197-pound forward also appeared in nine games with the Boston Bruins and collected five points (4-1=5) and six PIM in nine contests after being recalled on March 23, 2007. Kalus made his NHL debut March 24 vs. the New York Rangers and tallied his first NHL point with a goal at Ottawa on March 27 on his first NHL shot. He proceeded to record goals on his next two shots scoring vs. Atlanta on March 31 and at New Jersey on April 1 to become the third player in the last 20 years to score a goal on the first three shots of their NHL careers (Pittsburgh's Rob Brown in 1987, San Jose's Jan Caloun in 1996). The Ostrava, Czech Republic-native recorded 58 points (36-22=58) in 60 games with the Regina Pats in the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 2005-06 and led all WHL rookies in goals and paced his team in scoring. Kalus was originally drafted by the Bruins in the second round (39th overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

Fernandez, 32 (8/27/74), posted a 113-102-28 record with a 2.47 goals against average (GAA), a .914 save percentage and 12 shutouts in 260 games during six seasons with the Wild. The 6-foot, 207-pound goalie was originally acquired by Minnesota from the Dallas Stars along with Brad Lukowich in exchange for a third round pick (Joel Lundqvist) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth round pick (later traded back to the Wild - later traded to Los Angeles (Aaron Rome) in 2002 on June 12, 2000. The Etobicoke, Ontario-native is 125-113-32 with a 2.47 GAA, a .913 save percentage and 13 shutouts in 293 NHL contests during 11 seasons with Dallas and Minnesota.

[jkidd]

Please dont be true...

[blackngold]

Originally Posted by jkidd

Please dont be true...

why not? you're getting a steal


i'm hoping that this isnt true, this trade is fukin retarded, kalus is gonna be a future nhl superstar

i dont mind fernandez, but i was hoping it was for murray or axelsson, not our fuking best forward prospect

bruins management never ceases to amaze me

[kingcobrafan]

Great. Some AHL stiff and a fourth? Ridiculous trade if true.

[jkidd]

Originally Posted by kingcobrafan

Great. Some AHL stiff and a fourth? Ridiculous trade if true.

My thoughts exactly. Get a player that is in the NHL and is already established as a good/great player - for a goalie that can be a star goaltender, as he's proven he can be.

**** I hate the management for this team...

[R.Middleton]

Coyotes better get Gerber!

[jkidd]

Originally Posted by WildyCoyote34

Coyotes better get Gerber!

I was hoping to send Manny to the desert for Boynton or Jovo...

God damn it! Pisses me off just thinking about how ****ed up this trade is.

[bengino]

so does that mean the Toivanen or Thomas are on the outs? i can't see Boston carrying 3 goalies all year, or is Toivanene still on a two-way contract.

[BGDDYKWL]

This is disappointing news as I was hoping Manny would end up with the Yotes. I'd much rather have him than Gerber or Raycroft. As for Kalus, from what I can gather the kid will throw his body around, will crash the net, and will also drop the gloves, and supposedly he has the potential to be a pretty solid goal scorer.

[HordiBrusk29]

This is good news as a Coyotes fan. I really didn't want Fernandez. The Coyotes were eyeing Bryzgalov and I'm sure they are even more interested in him now.

Kalus should be a decent player. And even though he's a euro he isn't a complete wimp.

[steg1989]

Nice, I hope this is true. Maybe he knows how to close up the five-hole...

[blackngold]

Originally Posted by kingcobrafan

Great. Some AHL stiff and a fourth? Ridiculous trade if true.

you guys are so quick to judge a player who youve never even heard about or seen play before

mark my words: Kalus will be a future NHL star

he got called up at the end of last season, and scored 4 goals in 9 games with limited ice time... he was our top prospect and now will be your top prospect

not only can he score, he's also not afraid to drop the gloves and he's done that numerously in the AHL


this is a great trade for minnesota, and a horrible trade for boston

[Thornton 19]

Bruins have to be the worst ran team in the NHL. That move just took up so much cap space for a back goalie from minny who wont be here for more than two years. Minny cleared 4 million and got Klaus who could make their team this up coming season. Peter Chia sucks.

[jkidd]

Originally Posted by blackngold

you guys are so quick to judge a player who youve never even heard about or seen play before

mark my words: Kalus will be a future NHL star

he got called up at the end of last season, and scored 4 goals in 9 games with limited ice time... he was our top prospect and now will be your top prospect

not only can he score, he's also not afraid to drop the gloves and he's done that numerously in the AHL


this is a great trade for minnesota, and a horrible trade for boston

If Kalus does become a player I enjoy watching and has success in the NHL - I'll eat my words. I have no problem doing so - at all.

BUT, you fail to realize something. The Wild need a defenseman - BAD! Manny was the key to filling a huge hole on the team. And what happens, he's likely on his way to the B's for a forward, that isnt even in the NHL yet. He might be great in the A, but that doesnt mean **** when you come up and play in NHL. See example, Shawn Belle.

[Hutch]

Awesome trade for the B's. They've now filled the two biggest problems with the team preventing them from being contenders: A solid #1 goalie and an actual coach.