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Bruins trade McQuaid to Rangers

BOSTON, Mass. — The Boston Bruins have traded defenseman Adam McQuaid to the New York Rangers for defenseman Steven Kampfer and two draft picks.

The teams announced the trade Tuesday before the Bruins flew to China for two exhibition games. Boston gets a 2019 fourth-round pick and a conditional seventh-rounder in a move that clears space for younger players on the blue line.

"It was a difficult decision because of what he';s meant to the Boston Bruins and what he will always mean to the Boston Bruins," said Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney.

McQuaid, who turns 32 in October, has 66 points in his career and one year left on his contract at a salary-cap hit of $2.75 million.

Kampfer, who turns 30 in late September, returns to the Bruins after being drafted in 2007 and making his NHL debut with them in 2010.