Plymouth Whalers President, General Manager and Head Coach Mike Vellucci announced the acquisition of Import forward Tomas Tatar and several future draft choices from the Kitchener Rangers in exchange for Import forward Gabriel Landeskog and the Whalers second round choice in the 2010 CHL Import Draft.

"Tatar's an obvious talent and we hope he reports," Vellucci said. "But what makes the deal attractive is the draft choices included as part of the package. Our scouting staff can use those assets, or we can utilize them to make other trades."