NHL.com and St. Louis Blues.com, the St. Louis Blues have acquired F Keith Tkachuk from the Atlanta Thrashers.
St. Louis has acquired the rights to Tkachuk and a conditional 4th round pick in the 2008 entry draft (which could become a 3rd round choice in 2009) for a conditional 1st round pick in 2008, the one that was sent to St. Louis as a part of the initial February trade, which sent the veteran forward to Atlanta.
"We have acquired the rights to Keith Tkachuk which gives us exclusive negotiating rights with him and his family prior to becoming an unrestricted free agent on July 1," said Davidson. "Keith has played a major part for the Blues organization over the past seven seasons and played some of his finest hockey under Head Coach Andy Murray."
Tkachuk was initially dealt to Atlanta as part of a "rental" trade, which was "supposed to solidify" Atlanta's core of forwards.
A few weeks later, Altanta was eliminated in the 1st round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, more specifically in 4 straight games by the New York Rangers, a team that finished 3 places lower than the Thrashers, but only accumulated 3 less points than the Georgian club.
Even before he was dealt to the Thrashers, it was rumored that Tkachuk would return to the Blues during this offseason.
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