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Sep 05, 2008

Jul 4, 2008

Sharks deal Craig Rivet to Sabres for draft picks

The Associated Press

The San Jose Sharks traded veteran defenseman Craig Rivet to the Buffalo Sabres on Friday for two second-round draft choices.

The Sharks also gave up a seventh-round pick in 2010 along with Rivet, the longtime Montreal defenseman who joined the Sharks in a trade late in the 2006-07 season. San Jose gets a second-round draft choice in each of the last two drafts.

Rivet signed a four-year, $14 million contract with the Sharks last summer. He had five goals and 35 points as a dependable performer on San Jose's defense last season.

The Sharks added two top NHL defensemen in two days before Rivet's departure, signing Rob Blake to a one-year free-agent deal Thursday before acquiring Dan Boyle from Tampa Bay in a four-player trade earlier Friday. San Jose also lost Brian Campbell as a free agent on Tuesday when Chicago signed him to an eight-year deal.

Sabres general manager Darcy Regier was in search of a reasonably priced veteran defenseman after trading Campbell to San Jose last spring and allowing three of last season's defensive regulars to become free agents.

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