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Veteran forward Thomas Vanek brings another consistent goal scorer to a Columbus Blue Jackets team that has struggled with production while staying in the playoff race.The 34-year-old Vanek was traded to Columbus from the Vancouver Canucks on Monday for forwards Jussi Jokinen and Tyler Motte.Vanek http://www.clevelandbrownsteamonline.com/baker-mayfield-jersey , a pending unrestricted free agent playing on a one-year deal, is tied for second on the Canucks in scoring this season with 17 goals and 24 assists in 61 games this season. The 13-year pro has 350 goals and 388 assists in 946 NHL games.”Thomas Vanek is probably one of the best power-play players in the league and a consistent goal scorer and can add some offense to our team,” Columbus general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said.Vanek will join the team in Los Angeles for Thursday night’s game against the Kings.Monday’s trade deadline arrived with the Blue Jackets picking up Vanek, center Mark Letestu and defenseman Ian Cole without giving up any important pieces of their long-term plan.Earlier in the day, the Blue Jackets picked up Cole from Ottawa for center Nick Moutrey and a 2020 third-round draft pick. It’s the second time in three days that Cole has been moved after Ottawa acquired the 29-year-old on Friday from Pittsburgh for Derick Brassard.”He’s a competitive defenseman,” Kekalainen said. ”He can play an aggressive game, in your face. He’s very strong Authentic Baker Mayfield Jersey , good in front of the net. Keeps the game simple, moves the puck well. He’s not a guy who’s going to score a lot of points, but he’s a good defender, and that’s what we were looking for.”On Sunday, the team got Letestu, who spent 2011-15 with the Blue Jackets, from the Nashville Predators for a 2018 fourth-round selection. He has eight goals and 11 assists with three power-play goals in 60 games with Edmonton this season.Kekalainen said the Elk Point Greg Joseph Jersey Elite , Alberta, native will play on Monday night against Washington.Cole, who won two Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh, was in the Blue Jackets locker room before the game.”I’m very excited,” Cole said. ”They have a great team here, and I’m happy to be a part of it.”He said his role will be to ”play some solid defense, play hard and get pucks to these skilled forwards as quickly as we can.”—Wawrow reported from Buffalo http://www.clevelandbrownsteamonline.com/greg-joseph-jersey , New York.— Willie Desjardins will make his debut as head coach of the Los Angeles Kings when they host the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night at Staples Center.John Stevens was fired on Sunday after 18 months as head coach of Los Angeles.The Kings (4-8-1) got off to a 2-7-1 start after losing six straight games in regulation from Oct. 15-25. Los Angeles rebounded to win two of the next three, but the decision had already been made by general manager Rob Blake to fire Stevens, who was an assistant coach for the Kings when they won their only Stanley Cup titles in 2012 and 2014.Article continues below ...Desjardins, 61, spent three seasons as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks from 2014-17, compiling a 109-110-27 record. He most recently coached Team Canada to a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.“I want to see us play fast,” Desjardins told reporters after his first practice Monday. “I want to see us play with passion. I want us to be excited when we get to the rink. I want us to start each period quick. … We want to find ways to win.”The Ducks (6-6-3) have accomplished something the Kings haven’t this season and that’s win at least two games in a row Authentic Greg Joseph Jersey , but they experienced an even longer winless streak when they went seven games without a victory from Oct. 20 to Nov. 1.They ended the drought with a 3-2 overtime win against the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday, but not without more angst. The Blue Jackets tied the score with 32 seconds left in regulation when they pulled their goalie for an extra attacker, something the Kings did in their shootout loss to the visiting New York Rangers on Thursday.“We’ve played much better in the last three hockey games,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. “If we stick with it, we can see our team grow.”Anaheim received some good news when top-line center Ryan Getzlaf returned to practice Monday after missing Sunday’s win with an upper-body injury. Getzlaf has seven points (two goals, five assists) in a four-game point streak, but the Ducks are just 2-5-2 with their captain in the lineup this season.Carlyle will likely have a difficult decision on who to start in goal against the Kings.John Gibson is the No. 1 goalie for Anaheim and he’s been as tough on the Kings as any team in the NHL Myles Garrett Jersey Elite , owning a 9-3-0 record, .935 save percentage and 1.79 goals-against average in 13 games.But the Ducks host the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, and the Flames will arrive on a four-game winning streak after scoring 11 goals in their past two games. Gibson has put up nearly identical numbers against the Flames as he has against the Kings, owning a 9-3 mark with a .934 save percentage and 1.73 GAA in 13 games.Anaheim backup goalie Ryan Miller has been solid in his three starts and one relief appearance this season, most recently stopping 33 of 36 shots in a 3-2 loss to the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.