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Ducks trade 22nd pick for 30th and 39th; Ryan Smyth trade still in limbo

By Helene Elliott
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An update on the progress of the NHL draft:

The Kings previously traded their first-round pick to Edmonton in the Dustin Penner deal. With that pick, the Oilers took defenseman Oscar Klefbom, a 6-foot-4 Swede.

The Ducks were scheduled to pick 22nd but traded that pick to Toronto for the 30th and 39th picks in this year’s draft. The Maple Leafs used the 22nd pick to select right wing Tyler Biggs from the U.S. national team development program.

The Kings’ deal to send Ryan Smyth to Edmonton for a fourth-round pick and injured forward Gilbert Brule remains on hold. The Kings have said no deal is in place and that details need to be ironed out, though they wouldn’t be specific.

The San Jose Sharks made a splash by trading winger Devin Setoguchi, 2010 first-round pick Charlie Coyle and the 28th pick in the draft for Minnesota defenseman Brent Burns and a second-round pick in 2012. The Sharks were looking to upgrade their defense and got a good one. Also, the Chicago Blackhawks traded winger Troy Brouwer to Washington for the Capitals’ first-round pick, No. 26 overall.

We’ll have more later at www.latimes.com/sports.

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--Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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