"I was excited for him that he gets a chance to step in and have an opportunity right now," Steve Tambellini, the Canucks' assistant general manager, said on Friday.
The Islanders obtained Jeff Tambellini, a 21-year-old left wing; Denis Grebashkov, a 22-year-old defenseman; and a conditional third-round pick in this summer's draft for Mark Parrish and Brent Sopel.
Before Friday's game at Nassau Coliseum -- a 2-1 Islanders' victory over Toronto in a shootout -- Tambellini, a first-round pick in the 2003 draft, joked that he had beaten his father back to Long Island.
Steve Tambellini, who played with the Islanders from 1979 to 1981 and was also an original member of the Devils in 1982-1983, said: "I'm not going to go there with that. I'm just pleased that Jeff's happy with his new place to play."
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