Thrashers get Lessard for Harlock, two draft picks
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Posted 7:05AM on Saturday 16th March 2002 ( 23 years ago )
ATLANTA - Atlanta Thrashers general managers says the team has acquired defenseman Francis Lessard from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenseman David Harlock and two picks in the 2003 NHL entry draft. <br>
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The 22-year-old Lessard has six assists and 251 penalty minutes in 60 games this season with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound native of Montreal is the team's all-time leader with 997 penalty minutes in 202 games. <br>
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Harlock, who is 31, has split this season between Atlanta and Thashers' AHL team in Chicago. He has two goals, nine assists and 28 penalty minutes in 24 games with the Wolves and one assist and 18 penalty minutes in 19 games with Atlanta. <br>
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In addition to Harlock, the Thrashers are giving the Flyers the third and seventh round draft picks next year.
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