Jamie Langenbrunner is a Dallas Star once again, nine years after the Devils acquired him from there. The Devils will receive a conditional 3rd round pick in 2011 Entry Draft. Now, the pick could turn into a 2nd round pick if Dallas wins their first round playoff series. If Dallas does not win their playoff series and signs Langenbrunner to an extension, the pick would turn into a 2nd rounder in 2012 and the Devils would also give Dallas their 3rd rounder in 2012. Langenbrunner was acquired by the Devils in March 2002 along with current Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk which led to the Devils winning the Stanley Cup in 2003.
This is a pretty good trade for the Devils considering they have no 3rd round pick in 2011 due to their penalty for the Kovalchuk contract. The Langenbrunner deal is likely to start a fire-sale for the Devils and other players could get moved. Langenbrunner was on the block the last 8-10 days and was only asked to waive his no-trade-clause to a Western Conference Team. There were rumblings that the Devils most fierce division rival, the Philadelphia Flyers offered two draft picks for Langenbrunner, but the Devils would never deal with them, but there will be a day when that might happen. The Flyers were actually also interested in 2002 to acquire both Nieuwendyk and Langenbrunner from Dallas. Let the dominos start to fall.
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