Breaking: Veteran defenseman has been traded.

We have some early reports of a trade.

First Sportsnet insider Nick Kypreos stated on Hockey Central at Noon that veteran Detroit Red Wings defenseman Brendan Smith has been traded to the New York Rangers in exchnage for a pair of draft picks, that report has since been echoed by TSN insider Darren Dreger.

TSN insider Bob McKenzie is now reporting that the two picks in the trade are a second round draft selection and a third round draft selection both of which will come in 2017. 

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