{"id":28320,"date":"2018-05-03T16:30:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T20:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=28320"},"modified":"2018-05-03T16:30:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T20:30:31","slug":"arizona-coyotes-acquire-marcus-kruger-from-carolina-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/05\/03\/arizona-coyotes-acquire-marcus-kruger-from-carolina-hurricanes\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Coyotes Acquire Marcus Kruger from Carolina Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona Coyotes<\/a> have acquired center Marcus Kruger<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and a third-round selection in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft from the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> in exchange for Jordan Martinook<\/a><\/strong> and a fourth-round selection in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n

Arizona Coyotes Trade for Marcus Kruger<\/h1>\n

You seldom hear of a trade during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but one has been finalized. The Arizona Coyotes have traded for center Marcus Kruger from the Carolina Hurricanes. Kruger played a single season with Carolina, playing in 48 games during the 2017-18 season. During that time he scored a single goal and added five assists to his tally.<\/p>\n

Kruger also spent time in the AHL with the Hurricanes AHL-affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers. Kruger played in 19 games this season with the Checkers, scoring four goals and adding four assists during his time in the AHL.<\/p>\n

“We are very pleased to add Marcus to the Coyotes,” said Chayka<\/a>. “Marcus is a solid, two-way center who is very responsible defensively and has good speed and skill. He’s an excellent penalty-killer and will provide us with good depth at the center ice position.”<\/p>\n

While Kruger, 27, may not come with a sparkling resume of point production, he does bring experience to Arizona. Kruger is an NHL veteran of 446 games, 398 of which came with the Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>. During his time with Chicago, he was able to help the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 2013 and 2015.<\/p>\n

On the other end of the trade, Carolina has acquired Jordan Martinook. Martinook was a second-round selection, 58th overall, of the Coyotes in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. He spent the majority of his first three seasons playing in the AHL with the Portland Pirates.<\/p>\n

After being brought into the fold with the Coyotes Martinook played in 247 games, scoring 26 goals and adding 39 assists. The forward broke the 20-point mark in both 2015-16 and 2016-17, falling down to 15 points this past season.<\/p>\n

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