Vancouver, (BC) - Since Vancouver Canucks' General Manager returned there has been a plethora of rumors suggesting a number of players could be on their way out of town. Atleast some of the rumors have some merit as the Canucks GM pulled the proverbial trigger on two deals. The first of two relatively small deals sent rugged defenseman Colin White to the Dallas Stars in exchange for a more two-way defenseman Filip Kuba. White had been having a decent season as the Canucks 5th defenseman with 16 points in 57 games but it is believed that his undiscipline play put him in coach Marc Crawford's doghouse. Kuba has had a somewhat dissapointing year where he has only seen 16 minutes a game on average and is a dismal -16.
The other swap Byron made was also with the Dallas Stars. Going to Dallas are up and coming young blueliner Christian Ehrhoff along with a 7th round pick in exhange for talented center prospect Ben Eaves and a 2nd rounder draft pick in 2005.
Since we are only days away from the deadline don't expect Byron to stop now.
- The Province -