| MARCH,
2010 |
| Date |
Transaction |
| Mar.
31: |
Oilers sign forward Charles
Linglet to a one-year contract, and recall him from the Springfield
Falcons of the American Hockey League. Linglet, who signed an AHL
deal with Springfield last summer, leads the Falcons in scoring with 19-55-74
in 75 games. His NHL contract is for the final six games of the Oilers
season. |
| Mar.
26: |
| Oilers sign defenceman Jeff
Petry to a two-year NHL entry level contract. Petry, the Oilers
2nd round pick (45th overall) in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, scored 4-25-29
with 26 PIM in 38 games with Michigan State University of the NCAA.
Petry is forgoing his final year of university to turn pro with the Oilers
organization next year. He will finish this season with the Springfield
Falcons of the American Hockey League. |
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Petry
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| Mar.
23: |
Oilers sign goaltender Nathan
Deobald from the University of Calgary Dinos to an Amateur Tryout contract.
Neobald dressed as the Oilers backup goaltender for a game against Vancouver
after netminder
Devan
Dubnyk came down with a case of the flu. |
| Mar.
22: |
Oilers recall defenceman
Dean
Arsene from the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League.
The recall was required after defenceman Theo
Peckham suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in a game against
San Jose on March 21. |
| Mar.
20: |
Oilers re-assign centre
Chris
Minard to the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League. Minard
scored one assist in 5 games during his callup to Edmonton. |
| Mar.
10: |
Oilers recall centre Chris
Minard from the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League.
Minard has scored 15-10-25 with 12 PIM in 31 games with Springfield this
season. |
| Mar.
4: |
Oilers re-assign defencemen
Dean
Arsene and Johan
Motin to the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League. |
| Mar.
3: |
| Oilers trade defenceman
Steve
Staios to the Calgary Flames for defenceman Aaron
Johnson and a third round draft pick.
Johnson, who was originally
drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 3rd round (85th overall) of
the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, has scored 1-2-3 with 19 PIM in 22 games with
Calgary this season. He will be an unrestricted free agent after
this season.
Staios has scored 0-7-7 with
59 PIM in 40 games with Edmonton this season. He is under contract
for one more season for $2.2 million.
Calgary will get to choose
whether the third round pick included in the deal is in 2010 or 2011. |
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Johnson
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Staios
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| Mar.
3: |
Oilers trade defenceman
Lubomir
Visnovsky to the Anaheim Ducks for defenceman
Ryan
Whitney and a 2010 sixth round draft pick.
Whitney has scored 4-24-28
with 48 PIM in 62 games with Anaheim this season. In 335 career NHL
games, the 6'4" 219-pounder has scored 38-150-188 with 283 PIM.
Visnovsky had scored 10-22-32
with 16 PIM in 57 games with Edmonton.
Both players were under contract
through the 2012-2013 season. Whitney's annual salary cap hit is
$4 million, which is $1.6 million less than Visnovsky's hit of $5.6 million. |
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Whitney
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Visnovsky
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| Mar.
3: |
Oilers recall defencemen
Dean
Arsene and Johan
Motin from the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League. |
| Mar.
3: |
| Oilers claim right winger
Ryan
Jones off waivers from the Nashville Predators.
Jones, who was originally
selected in the 4th round (111th overall) by the Minnesota Wild in the
2004 NHL Entry Draft, has played 41 games with the Predators this season,
scoring 7-4-11 with 18 PIM. |
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Jones
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| Mar.
2: |
| Oilers
trade minor league defenceman Cody
Wild to the Boston Bruins for minor league forward Matt
Marquardt. Marquardt, who was originally drafted by the Columbus
Blue Jackets in the 7th round (194th overall) in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft,
has scored 1-9-10 with 21 PIM in 42 games with the Providence Bruins of
the American Hockey League this season.
Wild,
the Oilers 5th round pick (140th overall) in 2006, has scored 0-14-14 with
24 PIM in 37 games with the Springfield Falcons of the AHL. |
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Marquardt
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| Mar.
1: |
| Oilers trade defenceman
Denis
Grebeshkov to the Nashville Predators for a second round pick in the
2010 NHL Entry Draft.
Grebeshkov, who would have
been a restricted free agent at the end of the season, had scored 6-13-19
with 26 PIM and a -16 rating in 47 games with the Oilers this year. |
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Grebeshkov
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| Mar.
1: |
Oilers recall goaltender
Devan
Dubnyk and defencemen Taylor
Chorney and Theo
Peckham from the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League,
and re-assign goaltender Bryan
Pitton to Springfield. |
