The Montreal Canadiens acquired defenceman Tomas Kaberle from the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday in exchange for defenceman Jaroslav Spacek. Jerseys Cheap Baseball . This season, Kaberle has nine assists in 29 games with the Hurricanes, including four points in his last two games. He has another two years left on a contract that pays him US$4.25 million a year. "Offensive players are paid in this league and Mr. Kaberle is an offensive player," Canadiens general manager and executive vice president Pierre Gauthier said. "But thats probably the most desirable asset you have; when you have offensive players." With Andrei Markov on injured reserve after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery and not expected back for at least another six weeks, Kaberle will be called upon to help out with the power-play. "We feel we have a good team thats competing very well in many areas," Gauthier said. "We have good goaltending, we have good penalty killing, good five-on-five ... but we need a better power-play and with the absence of Mr. Markov, Mr. Kaberle can help us. And then hopefully Mr. Markov will be back soon and theyll both be together to help the power-play." Canadiens coach Jacques Martin said he believes Kaberle will provide the dominating power-play presence the team hoped Markov would bring. "Andrei Markov is our quarterback, but he hasnt played a game yet," said Martin. "If we can get better production out of it, maybe that can make a difference." Upon hearing of the trade Friday morning, Kaberle said he was shocked to hear the news but welcomed a trade back to a Canadian city where hockey is the number one sport. "Obviously we werent in a good situation here in Carolina. Weve got only 22 points and we have been struggling the last few games," said Kaberle. "I was shocked but when things arent going well things are going to happen. It started with the coach and now its me. Ill just do my best in Montreal and hope that I can fit into the lineup." After a lengthy career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Kaberle was dealt to Boston last season and helped the Bruins win a Stanley Cup. "In Boston, he contributed to the Stanley Cup and was able to integrate himself with a good team very well, so we hope that he can integrate himself to this good club as well," said Gauthier. Canadiens defenceman Hal Gill played two seasons with Kaberle in Toronto and knows what he can bring. "In Toronto, he was the guy running the power-play and hes a guy whos smooth with the puck. Hopefully he can come here and feel comfortable and play the way I know he can," said Gill. Spacek will be back playing with former Canadiens assistant coach Kirk Muller, who is now the head coach in Carolina. Spacek was activated from injured reserve on Friday and Muller expects him to play in Winnipeg. "This deal brings a solid, veteran defenceman to our team for the remainder of this season and allows us more flexibility with our roster moving forward," Hurricanes president and general manager Jim Rutherford said. In other news, defenceman Frederic St-Denis was assigned to the AHLs Hamilton Bulldogs on Friday. Jerseys Cheap Basketball .Ty Schultz and Chad Labelle also scored for Medicine Hat (28-9-2), while Marek Langhamer made 20 saves for the Tigers third straight win.Travis Browns goal at the 16:46 mark of the third brought Victoria (20-19-3) to within a goal, but it was not enough for the Royals. Jerseys Cheap Online .cas Heisman Watch, Johnny Football took advantage of Marcus Mariotas bye week out west to separate himself from the pack a little with a monster performance in Week 10, albeit against a weak opponent.The Toronto Blue Jays arent quite ready to concede. The hosts can complete a sweep of the visiting Chicago Cubs and remain on the fringes for the second American League wild card playoff berth with a victory on Wednesday night in the finale of a three-game series at Rogers Centre. Torontos Tuesday night win over the Cubs was its second straight in the series, third in a row overall and eighth in 10 games. The Blue Jays are 4 1/2 games behind the Detroit Tigers, who currently hold the second of two wild card positions. The Blue Jays have won four straight at home and have been boosted over recent weeks by the hot bat of Jose Bautista, who stretched his personal hit streak to 13 games on Tuesday. He has a .333 average, eight home runs and 19 runs batted in during the stretch. "Jose has been one of the best hitters in baseball over the last few years," manager John Gibbons said. "Hes got the knack of doing something big when it counts, when we need something." Toronto has outscored the Cubs, 17-2, in the first two games of the series, but will encounter rookie right-hander Kyle Hendricks, whos in the midst of his own streak. The Cubs have won Hendricks last seven starts and nine of 10 overall. He was dinged for four runs in Chicagos 6-4 loss to Cincinnati in his big-league debut on July 10, but hes surrendered only 10 earned runs in 56 1/3 innings since. Kendricks previous outing came last Wednesday and hhe yielded two runs and nine hits in a 6-2 defeat of Milwaukee. Jerseys Cheap NFL. Meanwhile, the Cubs are batting just .218 while dropping five straight games. They face Torontos own hot pitcher, Drew Hutchison. Hutchison has given up just two runs in his last 21 2/3 innings over three home starts. In his last home outing, on Aug. 30, he tossed seven scoreless innings of one-hit ball in a 2-0 defeat of the New York Yankees. He last pitched on Friday against Boston and allowed three runs in six innings of a game the Blue Jays ultimately lost, 9-8, in 10 innings. Hutchison has never faced the Cubs. On Tuesday, Bautistas three-run double in the seventh inning led the Blue Jays to a 9-2 victory. Bautista finished with four RBI, Munenori Kawasaki and Jose Reyes each brought in two runs and Kevin Pillar and Edwin Encarnacion supplied three hits apiece for the Blue Jays. Mark Buehrle (12-9) gave up 10 hits and two runs with three strikeouts over seven innings for the win. Javier Baez had two hits and two runs scored, while Welington Castillo supplied three hits and an RBI for Chicago. Neil Ramirez (2-2) was tagged with the loss after giving up two runs in the seventh. Starter Jake Arrieta allowed two runs on seven hits with five strikeouts across 6 1/3 frames. 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