Ian White Traded to the Carolina Hurricanes

Written by PuckMe    Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 November 2010 09:13 ) PDF Print E-mail

Darryl Sutter was able to place the interests of his hockey team ahead of his personal feelings.

The Calgary Flames GM traded his son Brett on Wednesday, shipping him to the Carolina Hurricanes along with defenceman Ian White for winger Tom Kostopoulos and defenceman Anton Babchuk.

The move came one week after Brett Sutter was charged with assault following an incident outside an Arizona bar. But assistant GM Jay Feaster was adamant the deal was in the works before that happened.

"This discussion took place going back to the end of October, beginning of November," Feaster said on a conference call. "He was a player that Carolina identified as someone that they wanted in the deal. So it evolved from there."

Darryl Sutter selected his son Brett in the sixth round of the 2005 draft. The 23-year-old forward was a depth player for the Flames this season -- registering one assist in four games before getting scratched in 12 straight.

He was assigned to the American Hockey League earlier this week.

"One of the things that Darryl has always prided himself on is being able to separate out the personal relationship and the business aspect of what it is that we do," said Feaster. "We were in a situation where Brett was not playing, he was not able to crack the starting lineup and hadn't played in an extended period of time. ...

"It was a decision that was made ... in the best interest of the hockey club."

The move provides Calgary with a little bit of salary cap relief. Babchuk (US$1.4 million) and Kostopoulos ($950,000) are earning less combined than White, who is on a one-year contract that pays him $2,999,995. Sutter has a two-way deal and earns the league minimum of $500,000 when he is in the NHL.

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