Music: {allcanada} MAPLE LEAFS TRADE THREE PICKS TO BLACKHAWKS FOR F BOLLAND

Sunday, June 30, 2013

{allcanada} MAPLE LEAFS TRADE THREE PICKS TO BLACKHAWKS FOR F BOLLAND

The Toronto Maple Leafs have dealt the 51st, 117th in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth rounder in the 2014 Draft to the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for forward Dave Bolland.

Bolland, from Mimico, Ontario, has one year and $3.375 million left on a five-year contract that carries an identical cap hit.

The 27-year-old forward scored seven goals and seven assists in 35 games during the lockout shortened 2012/13 season.

He also contributed three goals and three assists during the championship run, but none was bigger than his Game 6, title winning marker that completed a 17-second, two-goal comeback in the victory over the Boston Bruins.

Bolland's best offensive season was 2008/09 when he scored 19 goals and added 28 assists.

He was selected in the second round, 32nd overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and has spent his entire career in Chicago, contributing 70 goals and 98 assists in 332 games.