Coyotes add veteran Antoine Vermette in trade
Feb 22, 2012, 7:03 PM | Updated: 7:14 pm
The Phoenix Coyotes made a trade Wednesday, acquiring center
Antoine Vermette from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange
for a pair of draft picks and minor league goalie Curtis
McElhinney.
Vermette, 29, comes to the Coyotes having recorded 8-19-27
in 60 games with the Blue Jackets this season.
“We are extremely pleased to acquire Antoine,” Coyotes GM
Don Maloney said. “He is a smart, skilled, two-way center
who will be a great addition to our lineup.”
The 6-foot-1, 198 pound Vermette has played in 600 career
NHL games, as his career has taken him from Ottawa to
Columbus, and now Phoenix. For his career Vermette has
tallied 141 goals and 178 assists to go along with 317 PIMs.
Vermette is under contract for the next three seasons with a
$3.75 million cap hit.
