The Vancouver Canucks, looking to bolster their lineup for what they hope will be a long playoff run, acquired two forwards Monday before the trade deadline. They added Christopher Higgins(Below) from the Florida Panthers and Maxim Lapierre(Above) from the Anaheim Ducks. This will be Lapierre's third team of the season, having started with the Montreal Canadiens. The Canucks sent defenseman Evan Oberg and a third-round pick in the 2013 draft to Florida for Higgins, who is sidelined for another week to 10 days with a broken thumb. The Canucks also acquired forward prospect MacGregor Sharp from the Ducks, sending them center Joel Perrault and a third-round pick. Entering Monday night's games, the Canucks have the best record in the league (39-15-9). "We feel we made our team a little better today," Canucks general manager Mike Gillis said of the deals. "We feel we have something really unique in that dressing room that we don't want to mess with." Lapierre, 25, will be counted on to settle a fourth line that has used 11 different forwards this season, and often employed wingers out of position in the middle. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6168362
