The Colorado Avalanche have traded defenseman Cameron Gaunce to the Dallas Stars in exchange for forward Tomas Vincour.

Gaunce, 23, was playing for the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League, where he had 60 points (51 assists), 272 penalty minutes and a plus-22 rating in 197 games. He appeared in 11 games for the Avalanche in 2010-11. He will be assigned to Texas.

BOSTON – With the Boston Bruins ranked 12th in the NHL in goals per game entering action Tuesday night, and having scored two or fewer goals in six of its past seven games, general manager Peter Chiarelli did not halt his pursuit of offensive help after he was spurned by Jarome Iginla last week.

Chiarelli dealt a conditional 2013 NHL Draft pick and prospects Lane MacDermid and Corey Payne to the Dallas Stars to add the NHL's 10th all-time goal-scorer, Jaromir Jagr, to the team without removing a key piece of the regular lineup.

The Montreal Canadiens spent the better part of March auditioning some of their young defense prospects for the sixth spot on their blue line.

The organization finally decided to look at an external solution Tuesday.

The Canadiens acquired defenseman Davis Drewiskie from the Los Angeles Kings for a fifth-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft.

"Davis Drewiske is a defenseman with good size and experience who has already played more than 120 games in the NHL. He adds significant depth to our group of defensemen," Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin said in a statement.

Nash knows what it's like to be that player and he wants no part of it ever again.

Nash was the center of the trade universe last year, when as the captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets he privately asked to be traded and said it was for the betterment of the organization going forward because of the assets it could acquire for him.

Former Columbus general manager Scott Howson opted to hold on to Nash through the deadline, instead choosing to wait until July 23 to trade him to the Rangers for Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov, Tim Erixon and New York's first-round pick in 2013.

PITTSBURGH -- Part of a two-time defending Stanley Cup champion roster that included five surefire future Hall of Fame members, Bob Errey this week took a moment to recall the feelings associated with playing for the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins.

"It just seemed winning came too easy," said Errey, now the television color analyst for the team.

"It was just so much fun. I remember the team just felt invincible."

For 17 consecutive games in March and April of that season, it was.

Almost exactly 20 years after those dominating Penguins established the NHL record for consecutive victories, the 2012-13 Pittsburgh team is working on eclipsing it.

The Edmonton Oilers finalized a minor trade on Tuesday afternoon when they acquired defenseman Garrett Stafford from the Washington Capitals in exchange for forward Dane Byers.

Stafford, 33, had one goal and 21 points in 48 games with Washington's American Hockey League affiliate in Hershey this season. In seven career NHL games with three teams -- the Detroit Red Wings, Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes -- the 6-foot, 194-pound defender had two assists. He was signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with the Caps in July 2012.

Byers, a 2004 second-round draft pick (No. 48) of the New York Rangers, spent the past season with the Oklahoma City Barons in the AHL. The 6-3, 203-pound left wing had six goals, 10 points and 144 penalty minutes in 58 matches for the Barons. He has played in 14 career NHL games with the Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets, and has one goal and 60 penalty minutes.

The Oilers signed Byers to a one-year, two-way contract last July.

After losing out on Jarome Iginla last week, the Boston Bruins have landed a different veteran right wing likely bound for the Hall of Fame in a trade Tuesday.

The Dallas Stars have traded 41-year-old Jaromir Jagr to the Bruins in exchange for a conditional second-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft and two prospects.

The conditional second-round pick becomes a first-round selection if Boston advances to the Eastern Conference Finals in this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs.

"Jaromir Jagr produced as a consistent scorer for our team all year and we would like to thank him for his contributions to our hockey club," Dallas Stars general manager Joe Nieuwendyk said. "With our eye to the future, we have acquired some valuable assets that we believe strengthen our organization."

PITTSBURGH -- Following the Buffalo Sabres' morning skate Tuesday, they spent most of their time complimenting recently traded teammate Robyn Regehr.

They spent some of the rest of it wondering who could be next.

General manger Darcy Regier hasn't been very secretive of the Sabres' plans for roster turnover and a rebuild as the team enters its game Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins in 13th place in the Eastern Conference and appears on its way to a second consecutive season that ends short of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

"It's a tough situation for everyone," Buffalo captain Jason Pominville said. "This time of year there's a lot of talk, a lot of speculation that comes out. Some guys hear it, some guys don't. We don't talk about those kinds of things before games, but obviously on off days and in the morning, guys will throw a chirp in here or there. And that's just part of the business and we have to deal with it."

The Carolina Hurricanes acquired defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron from the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday in exchange for forward Adam Hall and Carolina's seventh-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft.

"Marc-Andre is a skilled, veteran defenseman who has made a good career out of helping teams on the power play," Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford said.

Bergeron has one goal and four assists in 12 games for the Lightning this season. In 477 games with six teams, Bergeron has 82 goals -- 44 on the power play -- and 149 assists.

The Washington Capitals and Phoenix Coyotes completed a minor-league trade Tuesday, with the Capitals sending forward Matthew Clackson to the Coyotes for forward Joel Rechlicz.

Clackson, 27, has never appeared in an NHL game. In 264 career games in the American Hockey League with the Philadelphia/Adirondack Phantoms, Chicago Wolves and Hershey Bears, he has eight goals and 784 penalty minutes.

Rechlicz, 25, is also known more for his time in the penalty box. He returns to the Capitals organization, where he played three games for the parent club last season but signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Coyotes in July. In 26 career NHL games with the Capitals, Coyotes and New York Islanders, he has one assist and 105 penalty minutes.