Rangers Trade Bobby Sanguinetti to Canes for Picks

Larry Brooks is reporting on Twitter that the New York Rangers have traded Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) defenseman Bobby Sanguinetti to the Carolina Hurricanes for a sixth round pick in this year's draft and a second round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. This is not coming as a surprise, and if you are a dedicated reader here on the site you would know that I have been saying this would happen for about two to three months now. The Blueshirts simply have too many defensemen within their system and the New Jersey native happen to be the odd-man out.

Sanguinetti was pretty much a goner when he did not impress head coach John Tortorella in training camp last September. Considering that Torts has a plethora of young blue-liners to choose from, he wasn't about to settle on one that lacked luster. This was a move that was bound to happen and I wish Bobby the best in Carolina, where general manager Jim Rutherford said he will have a shot at cracking the lineup next season.