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The Ottawa Senators traded winger Mike Hoffman on Tuesday Womens Tomas Hertl Jersey , hoping to solve an ugly off-ice issue involving star defenseman Erik Karlsson and his wife.The Senators sent Hoffman to the San Jose Sharks, who then dealt him to the Florida Panthers. All told, the two transactions involved four players and six draft picks.The Sharks sent forward Mikkel Boedker, defensive prospect Julius Bergman and a 2020 sixth-round pick to the Senators for Hoffman, defensive prospect Cody Donaghey and a 2020 fifth-round pick. They then dealt Hoffman and a 2018 seventh-round pick to the Panthers for 2018 fourth- and fifth-round picks and a 2019 second-round pick in a move that clears significant cap space for San Jose to use in an offseason that includes potential free agent forwards John Tavares and Ilya Kovalchuk.The Senators were eager to deal Hoffman amid a dispute with team captain Karlsson and his wife. Melinda Karlsson recently filed an order of protection against Hoffman’s fiancee alleging harassment and cyberbullying in the form of hundreds of derogatory online messages aimed at her and her husband, whose first child, a boy, was stillborn in March.Ottawa general manager Pierre Dorion didn’t hide his reasoning for trading Hoffman.”Today’s trade showcases our determination to strengthen the future of the team by improving chemistry, leadership and character in the locker room and on the ice,” Dorion said. ”We are confident it is a step in the right direction for the long-term success of this organization.”The Senators may still trade Karlsson, who can be a free agent at the end of next season, but shipping Hoffman addressed an immediate problem. Dorion contacted the Panthers about Hoffman last week, but Panthers GM Dale Tallon said the players Ottawa was looking for didn’t make it a match.The Panthers were still interested in Hoffman and made a deal with the Sharks for the speedy winger who can score at a reasonable price without having to trade from their NHL roster. Hoffman has surpassed 20 goals in each of the past four seasons since becoming a full-time NHL player.”We felt that this would be a perfect fit for our team Adidas Jaroslav Halak Jersey ,” Tallon said. ”He’s 28, he can score, he can skate, he’s got a cannon for a shot. He’ll be a good fit for our team moving forward. We missed the playoffs by a point. I thought that we needed to add some offense and some speed and skill to our lineup, and this turns out to be the fit for us.”Tallon said he was confident Florida’s locker room would accept Hoffman and wasn’t worried about the situation in Ottawa being a problem.”We did our homework and we discussed it with a lot of different people,” Tallon said. ”We feel that that’s in the past and the distractions. We’re very confident that he’ll be embraced by our team and by their wives and girlfriends. We have a strong culture down there now and I think talking with Mike and all the parties that it will work out to our benefit.”The Sharks, who paid a bargain-basement price to acquire scoring winger Evander Kane at the trade deadline when Buffalo was eager to deal him, shed Boedker’s $4 million salary-cap hit over the next two seasons and cleared room to make some splashes this summer.”We have witnessed some tremendous growth in our younger forwards over the past season and we feel that we have another group of players that are ready to challenge for additional ice time,” Sharks GM Doug Wilson said. ”These transactions have also allowed us to add to our pool of draft selections, as well as free up a substantial amount of cap space for internal and external player options in the coming months.”— ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Bruce Boudreau didn’t want anyone making a big deal about his 500th career win as an NHL coach. With a tightening playoff race, his Minnesota Wild have other things to worry about.So the Wild made sure to take care of business against the Western Conference’s top team before acknowledging their coach’s impressive milestone.”That’s a lot of wins,” Devan Dubnyk said after making 19 saves in Minnesota’s 4-1 win. ”He’s had a ton of success everywhere he’s went. You look and it follows him around. That’s exciting for him Adidas Steven Kampfer Jersey , and we’ll get a chance to get a win tomorrow and hopefully get 501.”In 837 games, Boudreau became the second-fastest NHL coach all-time to win 500 games – Scotty Bowman did it in 825. Not that Boudreau was interested in talking about it.”I think in the summer it’ll be when I’m with family, that’ll be pretty cool, but right now let’s focus on the game and the team,” he said.Jason Zucker scored his 30th goal and added an assist for the Wild. Joel Eriksson Ek, Nino Niederreiter and Zach Parise also scored as Minnesota overcame a slow first period to outwork the Predators and hand them a second straight loss.”It’s going to come down to the wire, for sure, so we need to take these wins and run with them,” Zucker said.After taking only six shots in the opening period, the Wild offense outshot Nashville 24-11 the rest of the way to start a crucial stretch of three games in four days.Pekka Rinne had 26 saves and Ryan Johansen scored his 13th goal for Nashville, which couldn’t rebound from a loss at home to Toronto on Thursday that snapped a four-game win streak and franchise-record 15-game point streak.”I thought we started the game really well. We came out and dictated the pace and then for whatever reason got away from it,” Johansen said.The Predators, who also saw their franchise-record nine-game road winning streak stopped Adidas Zach Bogosian Jersey , hadn’t lost two straight since mid-February – right before they rolled to 10 straight victories en route to securing a playoff spot.”Even before we had some games where we won the games, but we didn’t play up to our potential and it’s kind of been creeping in. It was definitely a wakeup call against Toronto and tonight, too,” Roman Josi said.Nashville nursed a 1-0 lead after Johansen’s goal at the 8:37 mark of the first period. But things changed quickly after the first – Minnesota outshot Nashville 14-5 in a second period that saw Eriksson Ek’s fifth goal of the season, followed by Niederreiter’s 18th at 13:45.Zucker beat Rinne’s glove side at 1:29 of the third period to give Minnesota some breathing room, and Parise added an empty-netter with 1:41 to play.Predators coach Peter Laviolette was ejected late in the third period shortly after arguing a boarding call against Scott Hartnell.”Hartnell made a hit on a guy that had the puck that didn’t hit the boards and then he got bulldozed and cross-checked and everything else and we lost our power play,” Laviolette said.NOTES: Nashville D Yannick Weber left the ice seven minutes into the first period after taking a crushing hit from Marcus Foligno. He did not return to the bench. L Austin Watson also wasn’t on the bench in the third period. Laviolette said he didn’t have updates on either player .. C Mike Fisher was a healthy scratch. … The Predators lost for the fourth time in regulation this season when scoring first, and for only the third time when leading after the first period. … Nashville’s last regulation road loss was Jan. 2 at Las Vegas. … Zucker joined Eric Staal (39) in Minnesota’s 30-goal club this season. It’s the first time in 10 years Minnesota has had two 30-goal scorers. … The Wild have beaten Nashville four straight times in St. Paul since Feb. 18, 2017. … Foligno’s assist on Eriksson Ek’s goal was his 23rd point this season, tying his career high. . The announced crowd of 19,303 was Minnesota’s largest of the season.UP NEXTPredators: At Winnipeg on Sunday.Wild: Host Boston on Sunday.