Pierre Gauthier, team president and general manager, continued to retool the Ducks Tuesday, dealing veteran defenseman Jason Marshall to the Washington Capitals for minor league defenseman Alexei Tezikov and a fourth-round draft pick. Tezikov was assigned to Cincinnati of the American Hockey League.
Marshall, 30, will become an unrestricted free agent July 1 and Gauthier was concerned about re-signing him. Marshall played 347 games for the Ducks and has three goals and seven points in 50 games this season.
"We have a player [Marshall] who's unrestricted and we have no intention of re-signing him," Gauthier said. "We might as well get something for him. We might as well get an asset."
Tezikov, 6 feet 1 and 208 pounds, has spent all of 2000-01 in the minors, scoring seven goals and 31 points in 58 games for Portland, Maine, of the AHL.
TONIGHT
at Toronto, 4:30 PST
Fox Sports Net 2
* Site--Air Canada Centre.
* Radio--XTRA (690).
* Records--Ducks 23-35-8-5, Maple Leafs 31-23-11-5.
* Record vs. Maple Leafs (1999-2000)--1-0.
* Update--This is the second of eight consecutive road games for the Ducks, who defeated the Capitals Tuesday night.
