(CP) - Kyle Calder landed in Detroit on Monday night as the Red Wings pulled off a three-way trade with the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers.
The Flyers first sent Calder, an unrestricted free agent July 1, to Chicago for a 2007 third-round draft pick and Lasse Kukkonen. The Hawks then flipped Calder to the Wings for winger Jason Williams.
Calder was a big disappointment in his first season with the Flyers, scoring only nine goals and 21 points in 59 games. Calder had 26 goals and 33 assists in 79 regular-season games for the Blackhawks last season, leading the team in goals, assists, points and game-winning goals.
"With Kyle's pending unrestricted free agent status coming up, we did make an attempt to sign him, but it didn't look like we were going to get it done before the trade deadline," Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said. "We just felt that we couldn't afford to take a chance and get nothing in return for an asset like Kyle. We did what we needed to do."
Hawks, Flyers, Wings in three-way trade as Calder lands in Detroit, Williams in Chicago
02-26-2007, 11:50 PM
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