Trading Places: Ducks’ Sillinger, Canucks’ Oksiuta

With Wednesday’s NHL trading deadline approaching, the Mighty Ducks tried to boost their offense Friday by sending disappointing right wing Mike Sillinger to Vancouver for left wing Roman Oksiuta, one of the NHL’s top rookie goal-scorers last season.

Oksiuta, 6 feet 3 and 229 pounds, had 16 goals in 38 games last season with Edmonton and Vancouver, second among rookies to Paul Kariya’s 18. This season, he had 16 goals and 39 points in 56 games with the Canucks.

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Duck defenseman Milos Holan, recovering from a bone marrow transplant to treat leukemia, has been removed from protective isolation and might be able to leave the hospital in the next one to three weeks, team physician Craig Milhouse said.