Jets trade Ponikarovsky to the Devils for draft picks

The Winnipeg Jets have traded Alexei Ponikarovsky to the New Jersey Devils for a 2013 7th round pick and a 2014 4th round pick.

It will be Ponikarovsky’s second tour with the Devils. He finished the season last year with the Devils, playing in 33 games scoring 7 goals and adding 11 assists.

He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs, 87th overall in the 4th round of the 1998 draft. Ponikarovsky’s has scored 137 career goals, 179 assists in 648 games.