Mikkel Boedker News

Boedker will draw into the Senators' lineup on Monday.

Boedker has been chilling in the luxury box for the last nine games but will play in an actual hockey game on Monday. The veteran winger, who has one assist in five games this season, will replace Max Veronneau on the fourth line.

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The Senators have acquired Mikkel Boedker, Julius Bergman and a 2020 sixth-round pick from the Sharks for Mike Hoffman, Cody Donaghey and a 2020 fifth-round pick.

Since signing a four-year, $16.0M deal with the Sharks two years ago, Boedker has recorded just 25 goals and 38 assists (63 points) in 155 games. This comes on the heels of a four-year stretch in which he averaged 20 goals and 32 assists (52 points) per 82 games. Boedker has great speed, but will have an extremely difficult time replacing Hoffman’s production.

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The Sharks have signed Mikkel Boedker to a four-year deal worth $16 million ($4.0M AAV).

After spending the first seven and a half years with the Coyotes, who drafted him eighth overall in 2008, Boedker was traded to the Avalanche at the trade deadline and has now signed with the Sharks. The 26-year-old is coming off of a 17-goal, 34 assist (51 points) season and now he joins a Sharks team that made it to the Stanley Cup Finals last season.

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The Avalanche have acquired Mikkel Boedker from the Coyotes for Alex Tanguay, Conner Bleackley and Kyle Wood.

Boedker, 26 spent the first eight seasons of his NHL career with the Coyotes, picking up 39 points (13G / 26A) in 62 games this season and 213 career points (80G / 133A) in 445 games with the Yotes. He is expected to slide right in for Tanguay in the Avs’ top-6.

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Boedker could move to the point on the Coyotes’ power-play in 2015-16.

Arizona is trying to replace Keith Yandle on the power-play after trading him to New York last March. Bodega has never played the point in the NHL, but used to play there alongside Oliver Edman-Larsson when they were both in the AHL. Boedker could be a good fit on the blueline and it could lead to more power-play points for the 25-year-old.

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Boedker had successful surgery to remove his injured spleen; recovery is expected to be 4-6 weeks.

Boedker injured his spleen in the game against Winnipeg on Sunday and had it removed on that night. Boedker, who has 14 goals and 14 assists (28 points) in 45 games will be out of the Coyotes lineup for at least one month.

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