In what appears to be an attempt to give more minutes to their younger defencemen in the AHL playing with the Utica Comets, the Vancouver Canucks have traded defenceman Alex Biega to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for left winger David Pope.
Pope played junior hockey in the British Columbia Hockey League with the Cowichan Valley Capitals and the West Kelowna Warriors. He was taken in the fourth round, 109th overall, by the Red Wings in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
The 25-year-old winger played all four years of collegiate hockey, and has spent time last season, his first professional season, in both the AHL with the Grand Rapids Griffins and the ECHL with the Toledo Walleye.