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MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens General Manager Bob Gainey announced Monday the acquisition of defenseman T.J. Kemp from the Pittsburgh Penguins, in return for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Kemp will join the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs.

Kemp, 27, scored nine points (one goal, eight assists), served 22 penalty minutes and posted a plus-5 rating in 22 games this season with the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Since 2005-06, the 5-foot-11, 197-pound blueliner registered 93 points (14 goals, 79 assists) with 126 penalty minutes in 174 career regular season games in the AHL.

A native a Pickering, Ontario, Kemp was a member of the Canadian AHL All-Stars at the 2007 AHL All-Star Game.

Anyone know anything about this guy?

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His history:

He was undrafted and played 4 years at Mercyhurst College in the NCAA. After graduating he played for the Missouri River Otters of the UHL. He then played for the Reading Royals of the ECHL before playing for a large numbers of teams in the AHL including the Peoria Rivermen, Iowa Stars, Milwaukee Admirals, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Manchester Monarchs, and Springfield Falcons. Pittsburgh signed Kemp to a one year contract this past summer and now have dealt him to Montreal for a conditional draft pick.

His stats from hockeyDB.com:

Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM

2001-02 Mercyhurst College NCAA 31 6 13 19 18

2002-03 Mercyhurst College NCAA 37 11 16 27 39

2003-04 Mercyhurst College NCAA 34 5 21 26 42

2004-05 Mercyhurst College NCAA 31 10 18 28 78

2004-05 Missouri River Otters UHL 6 1 2 3 4 -- -- -- -- --

2005-06 Reading Royals ECHL 60 13 27 40 54 4 1 1 2 2

2005-06 Peoria Rivermen AHL 3 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- --

2005-06 Iowa Stars AHL 3 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --

2005-06 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 2 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- --

2005-06 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 6 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --

2006-07 Manchester Monarchs AHL 65 5 33 38 56 14 2 5 7 12

2007-08 Springfield Falcons AHL 73 8 38 46 44 -- -- -- -- --

2008-09 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 22 1 8 9 22

He definitely looks like a career minor league player to me.

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Well, there goes Pittsburgh's conditional draft pick.

FYI, the "condition" was that if Montreal re-signed Kemp to a new contract, we would have to give the Pens our 7th round pick in the 2010 draft.

But since Herr Kemp is now off to the Fatherland to ply his trade, the Pens get squat, which is pretty much what he was worth in the first place.

Tschau TJ, and don't forget to write.

PS: What's an Arseburger anyways? Sure doesn't sound very appetizing to me.

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Well, there goes Pittsburgh's conditional draft pick.

FYI, the "condition" was that if Montreal re-signed Kemp to a new contract, we would have to give the Pens our 7th round pick in the 2010 draft.

But since Herr Kemp is now off to the Fatherland to ply his trade, the Pens get squat, which is pretty much what he was worth in the first place.

Tschau TJ, and don't forget to write.

PS: What's an Arseburger anyways? Sure doesn't sound very appetizing to me.

Swapping a few letters so you can have the word arse

Very clever

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Swapping a few letters so you can have the word arse

Very clever

Hey, I cover the gammit from "Arrogh'e *****" to "Zoccola, and everything in between Mauro.

I consider myself a well-versed, multi-lingual vulgarian.

So let me finish by saying "Callate, Vendejo".

Pardon my French.

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