3/12/04 (Part 1 of 5: Boston-Buffalo-Dallas-L.A.-Minnesota..

23-man roster rule is no longer in effect in the NHL after the March 9
Traded Deadline, so Injured Reserve Designation is not shown.


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Boston Bruins (Thursday 3/11 at Buffalo)
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L1 - Mike Knuble / Joe Thornton / Glen Murray
L2 - P.J. Axelsson / Brian Rolston / Martin Lapointe
L3 - Ted Donato / Mikael Nylander / Rob Zamuner
L4 - Andy Hilbert / Travis Green / Doug Doull

D1 - Hal Gill / Nick Boynton
D2 - Sean O'Donnell / Sergei Gonchar
D3 - Jiri Slegr / Dan McGillis

G - Felix Potvin / Andrew Raycroft

Scratches:
D - Jonathan Girard (likely season-ending broken pelvis)
D - Ian Moran (sprained ankle, indefinite)
D - Andy Delmore
C - Craig MacDonald
C - Patrice Bergeron (strained shoulder, d/d)
LW - Sergei Samsonov (strained ribs, d/d)
LW - Michal Grosek (concussion, indefinite)

Player Transactions:
(2/ 5) Recalled G-Tim Thomas from AHL-Providence
(2/ 6) Assigned G-Tim Thomas to AHL-Providence
(2/18) Assigned RW-Carl Corazzini to AHL-Providence
(3/ 3) Traded D-Shaone Morrisonn, a 2004-1st round draft pick
and a 2004-2nd round draft pick to Washington for
D-Sergei Gonchar
(3/ 4) Traded a 2006-2nd round draft pick to Washington for
C-Mikael Nylander
(3/ 7) Waived RW-Sandy McCarthy (later claimed by NY Rangers)
(3/ 9) Traded D-Jeff Jillson to San Jose for C-Brad Boyes (assigned
to AHL-Providence)
(3/ 9) Traded future considerations to San Jose for D-Andy Delmore





Buffalo Sabres (Thursday 3/11 vs Boston)
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L1 - J.P. Dumont / Daniel Briere / Miroslav Satan
L2 - Jochen Hecht / Chris Drury / Mike Grier
L3 - Taylor Pyatt / Derek Roy / Maxim Afinogenov
L4 - Andrew Peters / Adam Mair / Milan Bartovic

D1 - Dmitri Kalinin / James Patrick
D2 - Jay McKee / Brad Brown
D3 - Henrik Tallinder / Jeff Jillson

G - Martin Biron / Mika Noronen

Scratches:
D - Rory Fitzpatrick
D - Alexei Zhitnik (bruised shoulder, d/d)
C - Tim Connolly (likely season-ending post-concussion syndrome)
LW - Eric Boulton
RW - Ales Kotalik (sore shoulder, d/d)

Player Transactions:
(2/ 6) Assigned RW-Milan Bartovic to AHL-Rochester
(3/ 8) Traded a 2005-4th round draft pick to Minnesota for D-Brad Brown
and a 2005-6th round draft pick
(3/ 9) Traded Czech league C-Jakup Klepis to Washington for RW-Mike
Grier
(3/ 9) Traded D-Andy Delmore and C-Curtis Brown to San Jose for
D-Jeff Jillson and a 2005-9th round draft pick





Dallas Stars (Thursday 3/11 at Philadelphia)
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L1 - Valeri Bure / Mike Modano / Jere Lehtinen
L2 - Brenden Morrow / Jason Arnott / Bill Guerin
L3 - Pierre Turgeon / Stu Barnes / Rob Dimaio
L4 - Steve Ott / Shayne Corson / Aaron Downey

D1 - Philippe Boucher / Sergei Zubov
D2 - Richard Matvichuk / Teppo Numminen
D3 - Chris Therien / Jon Klemm

G - Marty Turco / Ron Tugnutt (played)

Scratches:
D - Don Sweeney
D - John Erskine (season-ending hernia surgery)
D - Lubomir Sekeras (not yet cleared immigration)
C - Niko Kapanen
RW - Scott Young (back spasms, indefinite)
RW - Blake Sloan
RW - David Oliver

Player Transactions:
(2/ 5) Assigned G-*Jason Bacashihua to AHL-Utah
(2/12) Assigned G-Ron Tugnutt to AHL-Utah
(2/13) Recalled G-Dan Ellis from AHL-Utah
(2/16) Traded minor league LW-Steve Gainey to Philadelphia for
RW-Mike Siklenka (assigned to AHL-Utah)
(2/18) Signed and activated free agent LW-Shayne Corson (previously
with Toronto)
(2/12) Assigned G-Dan Ellis to AHL-Utah
(2/20) Recalled G-Ron Tugnutt from AHL-Utah
(2/25) Assigned D-John Erskine to AHL-Utah
(3/ 1) Recalled D-John Erskine from AHL-Utah
(3/ 8) Traded a 2004-8th round draft pick and a 2005-3rd round draft
pick to Philadelphia for D-Chris Therien
(3/ 8) Traded college D-Drew Bagnall and a 2004-compensatory draft
pick to Florida for RW-Valeri Bure
(3/ 9) Signed and activated free agent D-Lubomir Sekeras (previously
with Minnesota)





Los Angeles Kings (Wednesday 3/10 at Phoenix)
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L1 - Alexander Frolov / Josef Stumpel / Anson Carter
L2 - Luc Robitaille / Derek Armstrong / Trent Klatt
L3 - Sean Avery / Eric Belanger / Ian Laperriere
L4 - Martin Straka / Esa Pirnes / Jeff Cowan

D1 - Mattias Norstrom / Aaron Miller
D2 - Jaroslav Modry / Joe Corvo
D3 - Tim Gleason / Nathan Dempsey

G - Cristobal Huet / Milan Hnilicka

Scratches:
G - Roman Cechmanek (strained groin, d/d)
D - Lubomir Visnovsky (strained shoulder, d/d)
D - Jason Holland (bruised thigh, d/d)
C - Brad Chartrand
C - Jason Allison (whiplash/post-concussion syndrome, indefinite)
LW - Adam Deadmarsh (concussion/strained groin, indefinite)
RW - Zigmund Palffy (season-ending shoulder surgery)
RW - Scott Barney (strained shoulder, d/d)
RW - John Tripp
RW - Dustin Brown

Player Transactions:
(2/ 4) Assigned D-Tomas Zizka and RW-John Tripp to
AHL-Manchester
(2/ 9) Recalled D-Tim Gleason, D-Tomas Zizka and RW-John Tripp
from AHL-Manchester
(2/13) Assigned LW-Kip Brennan to AHL-Manchester
(2/14) Recalled RW-Pavel Rosa from AHL-Manchester
(2/17) Assigned G-Milan Hnilicka to AHL-Manchester
(2/19) Assigned RW-Pavel Rosa to AHL-Manchester
(2/20) Recalled G-Mathieu Chouinard and C-Michael Cammalleri from
AHL-Manchester
(2/28) Recalled D-Denis Grebeshkov from AHL-Manchester
(3/ 2) Traded a 2005-4th round draft pick and future considerations to
Chicago for D-Nathan Dempsey
(3/ 3) Waived D/LW-Brad Norton (later claimed by Washington)
and waived RW-Jon Sim (later claimed by Pittsburgh)
(3/ 4) Assigned D-Tomas Zizka to AHL-Manchester
(3/ 7) Assigned G-Mathieu Chouinard and D-Denis Grebeshkov to
AHL-Manchester
(3/ 8) Recalled G-Milan Hnilicka from AHL-Manchester
(3/ 8) Traded C-Jared Aulin to Washington for RW-Anson Carter
(3/ 9) Traded LW-Kip Brennan to Atlanta for LW-Jeff Cowan
(3/ 9) Assigned C-Michael Cammalleri to AHL-Manchester





Minnesota Wild (Wednesday 3/10 at Vancouver)
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L1 - Antti Laaksonen / Richard Park / Marian Gaborik
L2 - Andrew Brunette / Marc Chouinard / Alexandre Daigle
L3 - Matt Johnson / Eric Chouinard / Stephane Veilleux
L4 - Jason Wiemer / Rickard Wallin / Brent Burns
F13 - Matt Johnson

D1 - Alex Henry / Nick Schultz
D2 - Filip Kuba / Andrei Zyuzin
D5 - Zbynek Michalek

G - Dwayne Roloson / Manny Fernandez

Scratches:
D - Willie Mitchell (flu, d/d)
C - Wes Walz (abdominal strain, indefinite)
LW - Pascal Dupuis (sprained ankle, d/d)

Player Transactions:
(2/ 3) Assigned D-Zbynek Michalek to AHL-Houston
(2/ 5) Assigned D-Jason Marshall to AHL-Houston
(2/25) Traded minor league C-Darby Hendrickson and a 2004-8th round
draft pick to Colorado for a 2005-4th round draft pick
(2/26) Recalled G-Johan Holmqvist from AHL-Houston
(2/27) Assigned RW-Brent Burns to AHL-Houston
(2/28) Recalled LW-Stephane Veilleux and RW-Brent Burns from
AHL-Houston
(2/29) Assigned G-Johan Holmqvist to AHL-Houston
(3/ 3) Traded minor league D-Jason Marshall to San Jose for a 2004-
5th round draft pick
(3/ 4) Traded C-Jim Dowd to Montreal for a 2004-4th round draft pick
(3/ 5) Traded D-Brad Bombardir and C-Sergei Zholtok to Nashville for a
2004-3rd round draft pick and a 2004-4th round draft pick
(3/ 6) Recalled C-Rickard Wallin from AHL-Houston
(3/ 8) Traded D-Brad Brown and a 2005-6th round draft pick to
Buffalo for a 2005-4th round draft pick
(3/ 9) Free agent D-Lubomir Sekeras signed by Dallas
(3/ 9) Recalled D-Zbynek Michalek from AHL-Houston
(3/ 9) Traded minor league LW-Chris Bala to Colorado for
LW-Jordan Krestanovich (assigned to AHL-Houston)





Philadelphia Flyers (Thursday 3/11 vs Dallas)
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L1 - Simon Gagne / Alexei Zhamnov / Tony Amonte
L2 - John Leclair / Michal Handzus / Mark Recchi
L3 - Sami Kapanen / Claude Lapointe / Radovan Somik
L4 - Donald Brashear / Patrick Sharp / Todd Fedoruk

D1 - Kim Johnsson / Joni Pitkanen
D2 - Vladimir Malakhov / Danny Markov
D3 - Marcus Ragnarsson / Mattias Timander

G - Robert Esche / Sean Burke

Scratches:
RW - Branko Radivojevic

Injured Reserve:
D - Eric Desjardins (broken arm, 2 weeks)
C - Jeremy Roenick (shattered jaw/concussion, indefinite)
C - Keith Primeau (concussion, indefinite)

Player Transactions:
(2/ 2) Assigned G-Neil Little and D-Jim Vandermeer to AHL-Philadelphia
(2/ 3) Recalled G-Antero Niittymaki from AHL-Philadelphia
(2/ 4) Recalled G-Neil Little from AHL-Philadelphia
(2/ 5) Assigned C-Claude Lapointe to AHL-Philadelphia
(2/ 6) Assigned G-Jeff Hackett, G-Neil Little and G-Antero
Niittymaki to AHL-Philadelphia
(2/ 8) Minor league G-Jeff Hackett retired.
(2/ 9) Traded C-Mike Comrie to Phoenix for G-Sean Burke, LW-Ben Eager
(remains with OHL-Oshawa) and RW-Branko Radivojevic
(2/ 9) Traded D-Eric Weinrich to St. Louis for a 2004-5th round draft
pick
(2/10) Recalled G-Antero Niittymaki from AHL-Philadelphia
(2/16) Traded minor league RW-Mike Siklenka to Dallas for LW-Steve
Gainey (assigned to AHL-Philadelphia)
(2/17) Recalled LW-Boyd Kane from AHL-Philadelphia
(2/18) Assigned G-Antero Niittymaki to AHL-Philadelphia
(2/19) Recalled G-Antero Niittymaki and RW-Kirby Law from
AHL-Philadelphia
(2/20) Traded minor league D-Jim Vandermeer, minor league C-Colin
Fraser
and a 2004-2nd round draft pick to Chicago for C-Alexei Zhamnov
(2/21) Assigned LW-Boyd Kane to AHL-Philadelphia
(2/25) Assigned G-Antero Niittymaki to AHL-Philadelphia
(2/29) Assigned RW-Kirby Law to AHL-Philadelphia
(3/ 6) Recalled D-John Slaney and RW-Kirby Law from AHL-Philadelphia
(3/ 8) Traded D-Chris Therien to Dallas for a 2004-8th round draft pick
and a 2005-3rd round draft pick
(3/ 8) Traded junior league RW-Rick Kozak and a 2005-2nd round draft
pick to NY Rangers for D-Vladimir Malakhov
(3/ 9) Assigned D-Dennis Seidenberg and D-John Slaney to
AHL-Philadelphia