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The Bruins have just acquired hard-hitting defenseman Shane Hnidy from the Anaheim Ducks for Brandon Bochenski. I'm sad to see Bochenski have such a rough year after things were so promising last season. Maybe a change of scenery will do him well.

By the way, do the Bruins only make trades with the Ducks these days? Since the last season, a host of players have changed places. Few are memorable faces or names, but the likelihood that Brian Burke and Pete Chiarelli are in each other's speed dial are certainly pretty high. Take a look...

Today - Acquired defenseman Shane Hnidy and a sixth round draft choice in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for forward Brandon Bochenski.

9/25/2007 - Acquired defensemen Brett Skinner and Nathan Saunders from the Anaheim Ducks for center Mark Mowers and assigned them to Providence of the American Hockey League.

7/2/2007 - Signed right wing Shawn Thornton, who had been with the Anaheim Ducks, to a multi-year contract.

11/13/2006 - Anaheim Ducks traded Stanislav Chistov to the Boston Bruins for a 2008 third-round draft pick.

Again, few memorable names or trades, but you get the idea.

One of the other interesting aspects to this trade is Hnidy's place in Boston history. Need I recall Stock/Hnidy rounds 1 & 2? Well, Youtube remembers...

The Bruins could certainly use another quality D-lineman and this gives the team another bruiser (and gets Bobby Allen off the ice). The only drawbacks to this trade are A. it gives the team one less scorer and B. It means less ice-time for the Marks brothers (Stuart and Lashoff). But I'm pretty pleased with the trade overall and we'll see what happens. The B's battle the Caps tomorrow night.