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Things are getting more and more interesting Canes Country!
The Carolina Hurricanes just announced the acquisition of Teuvo Teravainen and Bryan Bickell from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a second round pick in the 2016 draft and a third round pick in 2017.
The second round pick is the one picked up from the Rangers in the Eric Staal deal and is number 50 overall. The Canes keep their 43rd overall pick in next week's draft.
The deal frees up some cap space for the Hawks. Bickell is under contract for $4.5 million this coming season and has a cap hit of $4 million. He will be a free agent after next season. The 6'4 forward played half a year in the AHL last season and had 16 goals and 31 points in 47 games for Rockford.
Teravainen is a promising, 21-year-old prospect from Finland who put up 13 goals and 22 assists in 78 games in his first full NHL season last year.
Perhaps he and Sebastian Aho will be a very dangerous tandem for the Canes.
The Finn has one more year left on his entry-level deal and then he will be a restricted free agent.
We will have more about this as we get more information. The team's presser follows:
‘CANES ACQUIRE TERAVAINEN, BICKELL FROM CHICAGO
Carolina sends 2016 second-round and 2017 third-round picks to Blackhawks
RALEIGH, NC – Ron Francis, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has acquired forwards Teuvo Teravainen (TAY-voh tair-uh-VIGH-nehn) and Bryan Bickell from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a 2016 second-round draft pick and a 2017 third-round draft pick.
"This deal allowed us to use some of our collected draft picks to improve our group of forwards for the coming season by added two Stanley Cup champions," said Francis. "Teuvo is a young, highly-skilled player still on his entry-level contract who is coming off of a strong first full NHL season, and Bryan is a veteran who has experienced great success in his career. Both players give our organization more options and flexibility among the forward ranks."
Teravainen, 21, scored 13 goals and earned 22 assists (35 points) in 78 games with the Blackhawks in 2015-16, his first full NHL season. The Helsinki native split the prior season between Chicago and its American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, and has totaled 17 goals and 27 assists (44 points) in 115 career NHL regular-season games. Teravainen (5’11", 178 lbs.) raised the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks in 2015, earning 10 points (4g, 6a) in 18 games during Chicago’s playoff run. He has represented Finland at many international competitions, and served as captain of his country’s team that captured the gold medal at the 2014 World Junior Championship. Chicago drafted Teravainen in the first round, 18th overall, in the 2012 NHL Draft.
Bickell, 30, split the 2015-16 season between Chicago and Rockford, earning two assists in 25 games with the Blackhawks, and totaling 31 points (15g, 16a) in 47 games with the IceHogs. The Bowmanville, Ont., native was a member Chicago’s Stanley Cup-winning teams in 2010, 2013 and 2015, and he has scored 20 goals and earned 19 assists in 75 career NHL playoff games. Bickell (6’4", 223 lbs.) was drafted by Chicago in the second round, 41st overall, in the 2004 NHL Draft, and has scored 65 goals and earned 70 assists in 384 NHL career regular-season games with the Blackhawks.
Teravainen’s and Bickell’s career statistics are below.
The 2016 second-round pick that has been traded to the Blackhawks originally belonged to the New York Rangers and will be the 50th overall pick in the upcoming draft. Carolina acquired the pick along with New York’s 2017 second-round pick and forward Aleksi Saarela on Feb. 28, 2016, in exchange for Eric Staal. The 2017 third-round pick that has been traded to Chicago originally belonged to the Blackhawks and was acquired by the Hurricanes in the Sept. 11, 2015, trade that brought Kris Versteeg and Joakim Nordstrom to Carolina.
For information about Hurricanes ticket packages, please visit www.CarolinaHurricanes.com/
tickets, or call 1-866-NHL-CANES (1-866-645-2263).
TEUVO TERAVAINEN’S CAREER STATISTICS
REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS YEAR TEAM
LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 2009-10 Jokerit U18 Fin-U18 29 16 14 30 6 4 0 4 4 0
2010-11 Jokerit U18 Fin-U18 4 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 25
Jokerit Jr. Fin-Jr. 26 3 17 20 8 8 1 4 5 4
2011-12 Jokerit Jr. Fin-Jr. 11 12 8 20 4 2 1 1 2 0
Kiekko-Vantaa Finland-2 3 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
Jokerit
Finland 40 11 7 18 6 9 2 4 6 0 2012-13 Kiekko-Vantaa Finland-2 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Jokerit
Finland 44 13 18 31 6 6 1 1 2 0 2013-14 Jokerit
Finland 49 9 35 44 12 2 0 0 0 0 Chicago NHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Rockford AHL 5 2 0 2 2 - - - - -
2014-15 Chicago NHL 34 4 5 9 2 18 4 6 10 0
Rockford AHL 39 6 19 25 6 - - - - -
2015-16 Chicago NHL 78 13 22 35 20 7 0 1 1 0
NHL TOTALS (3 seasons)
115 17 27 44 22 25 4 7 11 0
BRYAN BICKELL’S CAREER STATISTICS
REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS YEAR TEAM
LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 2002-03 Ottawa
OHL 50 7 10 17 4 20 5 3 8 12 2003-04 Ottawa
OHL 59 20 16 36 76 7 3 0 3 11 2004-05 Ottawa
OHL 66 22 32 54 95 21 5 12 17 32 2005-06 Ottawa
OHL 41 28 22 50 41 - - - - - Windsor OHL 26 17 16 33 19 7 5 5 10 10
2006-07 Chicago NHL 3 2 0 2 0 - - - - -
Norfolk
AHL 48 10 15 25 66 2 0 0 0 0 2007-08 Chicago NHL 4 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Rockford AHL 73 19 20 39 52 12 2 3 5 11
2008-09 Rockford AHL 42 6 8 14 60 4 0 2 2 4
2009-10 Chicago NHL 16 3 1 4 5 4 0 1 1 2
Rockford AHL 65 16 15 31 58 - - - - -
2010-11 Chicago NHL 78 17 20 37 40 5 2 2 4 0
2012-13 Orli Znojmo Austria 28 9 18 27 14 - - - - -
Chicago NHL 48 9 14 23 25 23 9 8 17 14
2013-14 Chicago NHL 59 11 4 15 28 19 7 3 10 8
2014-15 Chicago NHL 80 14 14 28 38 18 0 5 5 14
2015-16 Chicago NHL 25 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
Rockford AHL 47 15 16 31 23 3 0 1 1 2
NHL TOTALS (8 seasons)
384 65 70 135 188 75 20 19 39 42