ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The Anaheim Ducks acquired defenseman Ric Jackman from Florida on Wednesday for a conditional pick in this year's NHL entry draft.

 

Jackman, the fifth overall pick in the 1996 draft, appeared in seven games with Florida this season, with one goal and 10 penalty minutes. Last season he had seven goals and 23 assists in 64 games split between Pittsburgh and Florida.

 

The Panthers acquired him last March in a trade that sent Petr Taticek to Pittsburgh.

 

The Ducks also announced that they have reassigned defenseman Aaron Rome to Portland of the AHL.

i liked Jackman

so let's see, we dealt Taticek who was a 1st round pick, for Jackman, and now we've shipped him off too.

 

sad.

 

 

Let's see where this draft pick is...

Ric Jackman was awesome.

so let's see, we dealt Taticek who was a 1st round pick, for Jackman, and now we've shipped him off too.

 

sad.

 

 

Let's see where this draft pick is...

Taticek was a bust as far as we were concerned.

 

 

And Jackman had a couple very good games this year but we already have a more defensively responsible 6th Dmen in Montador.

 

 

Plus we have some good defensive defensemen talent in the system in Martin Lojek and Alexei Semenov.

you know, it finally occured to me today that Alexei Semenov is not Alexei Zhamnov...

 

and I call myself a hockey fan...i mean, why would Zhamnov be in the minors.