Except for those deals made around the annual trade deadline, trades involving actual NHL players coming and going on both sides have become rare indeed in the NHL during the last five seasons. So it was somewhat surprising when the news came down today that Washington has dealt captain and right wing Chris Clark and defenseman Milan Jurcina to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for left wing Jason Chimera.
Chimera is a 30-year-old with good size (6-foot-2, 216 pounds) and good speed. He is a gritty checking-line winger who has eight goals and 17 points to go along with a minus-7 in 39 games with the Blue Jackets this season.
When the Caps clashed with Columbus at Verizon Center on Nov. 1, it was fracas with Chimera and the Blue Jackets’ Jared Boll that left Caps superstar Alex Ovechkin with an upper body injury. Ovechkin missed Washington’s next six games because of the ailment.
Chimera enjoyed his best NHL season with the Blue Jackets in 2006-07 when he totaled 15 goals and 36 points along with a plus-2 and 91 PIM while playing in all 82 games. Chimera recorded 17 goals for the Jackets in 2005-06, his single-season career best.
A native of Edmonton, Chimera was drafted by the hometown Oilers with the team’s fifth-round pick (121st overall) in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Edmonton traded Chimera to Phoenix at the 2004 draft, but he never suited up for the Coyotes. Chimera was dealt from Phoenix to Columbus days prior to the start of the 2005-06 season.
Chimera has 81 goals and 91 assists for 172 points and has 465 PIM in 461 career NHL contests.
(excerpt from Mike Vogel - WashingtonCaps.com Senior Writer)
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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