UPDATE (5:25 p.m. ET): It’s official. Drew Stafford is a Boston Bruin.
#NHLBruins acquire Drew Stafford from Winnipeg in exchange for conditional sixth-round pick in 2018 NHL Draft: https://t.co/0Y6Iyd54NS
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) March 1, 2017
ORIGINAL STORY: It first appeared the Boston Bruins didn’t make any moves before Wednesday’s NHL trade deadline, but news broke shortly after the 3 p.m. ET cutoff that the team landed a forward.
The Bruins acquired veteran winger Drew Stafford from the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday in exchange for a conditional sixth-round draft pick, according to ESPN.com’s Pierre LeBrun.
Jets trade Drew Stafford to the Boston Bruins for a conditional 6th
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) March 1, 2017
ESPN.com’s Joe McDonald was the first to report Wednesday that Boston acquired a forward, and he followed up a short time later by confirming the Bruins indeed had landed Stafford for a sixth-rounder.
The Boston Bruins acquired Drew Stafford from the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a conditional sixth-round.
— Joe McDonald (@JoeyMacHockey) March 1, 2017
Stafford has four goals and nine assists for 13 points in 40 games with the Jets this season.
The 31-year-old spent his first eight-plus seasons with the Buffalo Sabres before being traded to Winnipeg in February 2015. Stafford, who totaled a career-high 31 goals and 52 points during the 2010-11 season, scored 21 goals last season.
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