Uniondale, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – The New York Islanders orchestrated a pair of trades Saturday to obtain two seasoned defensemen, acquiring Johnny Boychuk from the Boston Bruins and Nick Leddy from the Chicago Blackhawks.<\/p>\n
In exchange for Boychuk, a member of the Bruins’ 2011 Stanley Cup champion team, the Islanders sent Boston their second-round picks in the 2015 and 2016 NHL Entry Drafts as well as a conditional future third-round selection.<\/p>\n
Leddy, part of Chicago’s 2013 Stanley Cup-winning squad, comes to New York along with goaltender Kent Simpson, with the Islanders dealing defensemen T.J. Brennan and Ville Pokka along with goaltender Anders Nilsson.<\/p>\n
Boychuk established career bests with five goals, 23 points and a plus-31 rating while skating in 75 regular-season games for the Bruins last season. The 30-year-old also owns 79 career games of postseason experience.<\/p>\n
The Edmonton native has recorded 19 goals, 56 assists and a plus-89 rating over 321 overall regular-season contests, all but four of which came with Boston.<\/p>\n
Leddy tallied a career-high seven goals along with 24 assists while playing in all 82 games for Chicago in 2013-14. The former first-round pick hasn’t missed a game since the 2010-11 campaign.<\/p>\n
Over 258 career regular-season contests — all with the Blackhawks — Leddy has posted 20 goals and 73 points.<\/p>\n
Nilsson appeared in 19 games for the Islanders last season, recording an 8-7-2 record with a 3.11 goals-against average and an .896 save percentage. Brennan participated in 40 NHL games with Buffalo and Florida from 2011-13, but spent all of last season with the Toronto Marlies of the AHL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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