Two minor trades

Thursday, 24 January 2013 10:29

Written by Shelly Anderson

The Penguins have made two minor trades.

They acquired forward Chad Kolarik from the New York Rangers in exchange for forward Benn Ferriero, and they acquired a conditional draft pick from Dallas for defenseman Carl Sneep.

Kolarik, 26, was a seventh-round draft pick by Phoenix in 2004. He has been assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. He had 16 goals, 36 points in 41 games with Connecticut of the AHL this season after missing all of last season because of a knee injury.

Ferriero was signed as a free agent last February and has spent his time with the organization with Wilkes-Barre.

Sneep, 25, was a Penguins second-round draft pick in 2006 but had fallen far down the organizational depth chart. He has spent most of this season with Wheeling of the ECHL.

There was a time when Sneep, out of Boston College, and Brian Strait, out of Boston University, were considered strong prospects to play defense for the Penguins. Strait was a third-rounder in 2006. Now both are gone. Strait was plucked from waivers by the New York Islanders last week.