From Todd Davis of the Dallas Morning News:
The Stars traded left wing Richard Clune to the Los Angeles Kings for right wing Lauri Tukonen, a 2004 first-round draft pick and yet another Fin.
Clune, a third-round pick in 2005, didn’t make it to the big club in Dallas, bouncing between Iowa and Idaho last season.
Update from Mike Heika: This move seems to have Dave Taylor’s fingerprints on it. The Stars’ director of player personnel was with the Kings when they drafted Tukonen, and would obviously have the most information on the Finnish winger.
Read the short post here.
Tukonen put up 35 points in the AHL last season, so I guess the Kings didn’t see him cracking their fairly deep forward lines. He is only 21 years old, so the Stars must figure they can crack some of that untapped potential.
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