When Trent Frederic played for the Boston Bruins, there were nights when he was tough to find on the ice, and there were other nights when he was making a big impact. A lot of nights, it was one or the other with very little in between.
Frederic was going to be a free agent at the end of last season, and despite being injured at the trade deadline in March, he was still traded. The Edmonton Oilers and general manager Stan Bowman traded for the 2016 first-round draft pick for a package that included prospects in a deal that included a third team, the New Jersey Devils.