Feb 6, 2019
Predators get Boyle from Devils, McLeod from Rangers
The Nashville Predators made two moves to improve their depth on Thursday, acquiring centre Brian Boyle from New Jersey Devils for a second-round pick, and later re-acquiring Cody McLeod from the New York Rangers.
The Canadian Press
NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators have made a pair of trades adding size and toughness by adding Brian Boyle from the New Jersey Devils and bringing back forward Cody McLeod from the New York Rangers.
The Predators swapped a second-round pick in June's NHL draft for Boyle and will send the Rangers a seventh-round pick in the 2020 NHL draft for McLeod in Wednesday's trades.
McLeod, 34, played 54 games for Nashville over the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, and he scored the game-winning goal in Game 3 of the Predators' second-round series with St. Louis in reaching the 2017 Stanley Cup Final. McLeod has a goal and 60 penalty minutes in 31 games this season with the Rangers, and the 6-foot-2, 204-pound left wing is in his 12th NHL season.
General manager David Poile also said Wednesday that forward Zac Rinaldo will have season-ending surgery for an injured shoulder.