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Sharks trade Brad Staubitz to Wild for 2010 fifth-rounder, no more ‘Boogeyman’ in Minnesota?

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Edmonton Oilers’ Zack Stortini, left, fights with San Jose Sharks’ Brad Staubitz during first period NHL hockey action in Edmonton on Sunday, March 21, 2010.(AP Photo/The Canadian Press,John Ulan)

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Things already weren’t looking very good for Derek “Boogeyman” Boogaard, but now it seems near-official that the fearsome fighter’s time with the Minnesota Wild is up. Michael Russo reports that the Wild acquired rough-and-tumble forward Brad Staubitz from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for the Wild’s 2010 fifth-round draft pick.

It won’t make a huge difference for San Jose’s salary cap situation (or Minnesota’s, I guess) since Staubitz is slated to make only $500K if he remains at the NHL-level.

The trade will give San Jose five picks in the 2010 draft (a first rounder, a third rounder and three fifth-round picks) and bumps Minnesota’s collection down to seven (a first rounder, two second, then one pick from the third to the seventh with the exception of that fifth round pick).

(H/T to Fear the Fin.)