Olli Jokinen is on the move again.
Just a couple of weeks after he was traded to the Toronto as part of the Cody Franson-Mike Santorelli trade to Nashville, the Maple Leafs moved him again on Monday less than an hour before the NHL trade deadline, sending him to the St. Louis Blues for a conditional draft pick.
Leafs' conditional pick on Jokinen can become a fourth-round pick in 2015 if Blues reach Cup finals and Jokinen plays a role in it
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Jokinen signed a one-year contract with the Predators in free agency before the season. In 54 games this season with the Predators and Maple Leafs he has three goals to go with four assists.
It is St. Louis' third trade of the day after having acquired Zbynek Michalek from Arizona and flipping defenseman Ian Cole to Pittsburgh for Robert Bortuzzo. It also means that Jokinen will get just his second taste of playoff hockey in his 17-year career. He appeared in six playoff games for the Flames during the 2008-09 season and has not been back since.
With Monday's trade with St. Louis completed, that means Toronto has a first-round draft pick, prospect Brandon Leipsic and a late-round pick to show for Franson and Santorelli before they hit unrestricted free agency.
Jokinen probably doesn't have much to offer the Blues at this point other than depth and being an insurance policy in case of injury, but it also didn't cost them anything.
