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Monday, May 30, 2011

{allcanada} How the Stanley Cup finalists were built

How the 2010-11 Stanley Cup finalists were built:

Boston Bruins

The second-round has been a gold mind for the Bruins, yielding Lucic, Bergeron and Krejci … Of the 22 players they have used in the playoffs, 13 were acquired in trades, five were drafted and four were unrestricted free-agent signings.

Goalies

Tuukka Rask — Traded w/Toronto for Andrew Raycroft, June 24, 2006
Tim Thomas — Signed as free agent, Sept. 14, 2005

Defence

Johnny Boychuk — Trade w/ Colorado for Hendricks, June 24, 2008
Zdeno Chara — Trade w/ Ottawa for 2nd round pick, Feb. 15, 2011
Andrew Ference — Trade w/ Calgary, along with Kobasew for B. Stuart, W.Primeau + 4th round pick, Feb. 10, 2007
Shane Hnidy — Signed as free agent, Feb. 26, 2011
Tomas Kaberle — Trade w/ Toronto for Joe Colborne, 1st + 2nd round pick, Feb. 18, 2011
Dennis Seidenberg — Trade w/ Florida with Bartkowski for Bitz, Weller, 2nd round pick, Mar. 3, 2010
Adam McQuaid — Trade w/ Columbus for 5th round pick, May 16, 2007

Forwards

Patrice Bergeron — Drafted 2nd round, 45th overall in 2003
Greg Campbell — Trade w/ Florida in Horton deal for D.Wideman, 1st + 3rd round picks, June 22, 2004
Nathan Horton — See above deal
Chris Kelly — Trade w/ Ottawa for 2nd round pick, Feb. 15, 2011
David Krejci — Drafted 2nd round, 63rd overall in 2004
Milan Lucic — Drafted 2nd round, 50th overall in 2006
Brad Marchand — Drafted 3rd round, 71st overall in 2006
Daniel Paille — Trade w/ Buffalo for 3rd + 4th round picks), Oct. 20, 2009
Rich Peverley — Trade w/ Atlanta for M.Stuart + Wheeler, Feb. 18, 2011
Mark Recchi — Trade w/ Tampa Bay, along with a 2nd round pick for Karsums + Lashoff, Mar. 4, 2009
Michael Ryder — Signed as a free agent, July 1, 2008
Tyler Seguin — Drafted 1st round, 2nd overall in 2010
Shawn Thornton — Signed as free agent, July 1, 2007

Vancouver Canucks

Of the 27 players the Canucks have dressed for their run to the West final title (we included Manny Malhotra, who looks like he will play in the final), 10 were signed as unrestricted free agents, nine were draft picks and eight were acquired in trades.

Goalies

Roberto Luongo — Trade w/ Florida with Lukas Krajicek + 6th round pick for Bryan Allen, Alex Auld and Todd Bertuzzi, June 23, 2006
Cory Schneider — Drafted 1st round, 26th overall in 2004

Defencemen

Andrew Alberts — Trade w/ Carolina for 3rd round pick, Mar. 3, 2010
Keith Ballard — Trade w/ Florida, along with Oreskovich for Steve Bernier, Michael Grabner and 1st round pick, June 25, 2010
Kevin Bieksa — Drafted 5th round, 151st overall in 2001
Alex Edler — Drafted 3rd round, 91st overall in 2004
Christian Ehrhoff — Trade w/ San Jose, along w/ Lukowich for Rahimi + P.White, Aug. 28, 2009
Dan Hamhuis — Signed as free agent, July 1, 2010
Aaron Rome — Signed as free agent, July 2, 2009
Sami Salo — Trade w/ Ottawa for Schaefer, Sept. 21, 2002
Chris Tanev — Signed as free agent, May 31, 2010

Forwards

Alex Bolduc — Signed as free agent, July 2, 2008
Alexandre Burrows — Signed as free agent, Nov. 8, 2005
Tanner Glass — Signed as free agent, Aug. 5, 2009
Jannik Hansen — Drafted 9th round, 287th overall in 2004
Chris Higgins — Trade w/ Florida for Oberg and 3rd round pick, Feb. 28, 2011
Cody Hodgson — Drafted 1st round, 10th overall in 2008
Ryan Kesler — Drafted 1st round, 23rd overall in 2003
Maxim Lapierre — Trade w/Anaheim with M.Sharp for J.Perrault and 3rd round pick, Feb. 28, 2010
Manny Malhotra — Signed as free agent, July 1, 2010
Victor Oreskovich — See Keith Ballard trade above
Mason Raymond — Drafted 2nd round, 51st overall in 2005
Mikael Samuelsson — Signed as free agent, July 3, 2009
Daniel Sedin — Drafted 1st round, 2nd overall in 1999
Henrik Sedin — Drafted 1st round, 3rd overall in 1999
Jeff Tambellini — Signed as free agent, July 1, 2010
Raffi Torres — Signed as free agent, Aug. 25, 2010