EvanL
03-03-2004, 08:28 PM
Great news.
It will be sad for Leetch to leave the Rangers though.
WAYMORESPORTS.COM STAFF
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenceman Brian Leetch from the New York Rangers general manager John Ferguson Jr. announced this evening.
Toronto added the veteran along with a conditional draft choice in exchange for defenceman Max Kondratiev, forward Jarkko Immonen, Toronto’s first-round pick in the 2004 Entry Draft and the team’s second-round pick in 2005.
“Brian has been a premier defenceman in this league since first coming into the league,” said Ferguson. “We look forward to having a player with his great credentials joining our group.”
The 36-year-old has played 57 games for the New York Rangers this season collecting 36 points (13 goals, 23 assists) with 24 penalty minutes. He ranks fifth in the NHL in average ice time (26:14) and 10th among NHL defencemen in points.
Leetch is a two-time Norris trophy winner (1992, 1997) and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 1994, when the New York Rangers broke a 54-year Stanley Cup drought.
Leetch led his team in powerplay points (19) and average ice time as well as leading all team defencemen in goals, assists, points and shots (165).
come back to waymoresports.com for more on this breaking story.
It will be sad for Leetch to leave the Rangers though.
WAYMORESPORTS.COM STAFF
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenceman Brian Leetch from the New York Rangers general manager John Ferguson Jr. announced this evening.
Toronto added the veteran along with a conditional draft choice in exchange for defenceman Max Kondratiev, forward Jarkko Immonen, Toronto’s first-round pick in the 2004 Entry Draft and the team’s second-round pick in 2005.
“Brian has been a premier defenceman in this league since first coming into the league,” said Ferguson. “We look forward to having a player with his great credentials joining our group.”
The 36-year-old has played 57 games for the New York Rangers this season collecting 36 points (13 goals, 23 assists) with 24 penalty minutes. He ranks fifth in the NHL in average ice time (26:14) and 10th among NHL defencemen in points.
Leetch is a two-time Norris trophy winner (1992, 1997) and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 1994, when the New York Rangers broke a 54-year Stanley Cup drought.
Leetch led his team in powerplay points (19) and average ice time as well as leading all team defencemen in goals, assists, points and shots (165).
come back to waymoresports.com for more on this breaking story.