TAMPA, Fla. — The Devils today traded forward Rod Pelley and defenseman Mark Fraser to the Anaheim Ducks for defenseman Kurtis Foster and minor league goalie Timo Pielmeier.

The Devils also sent a seventh-round draft pick in 2012 to the Ducks.

Foster, 30, earns $1.8 million and will be an unrestricted free agent after this season. The combined salaries for Pelley ($575,000) and Fraser ($525,000) total $1.25 million. Both will be UFAs.

Foster has played in only six games this season for Anaheim. He has two points (one goal, one assist) with eight penalty minutes. Now in his seventh NHL season, the 6-5, 225-pound Foster also played two games for Syracuse (AHL).

He has played for Atlanta, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Edmonton and Anaheim with 143 points (38 goals, 105 assists) in 340 games. He will join the Devils in Sunrise, Fla., Tuesday while Pielmeier will be assigned to one of the Devils' minor league affiliates.

The Devils are hoping Foster helps their power play.

"He's a right-handed shot and really a power play specialist," general manager Lou Lamoriello said. "His shot is what intrigues you. Also, he played under Jacques Lemaire in Minnesota. He had an injury after that and recovered from it and was also here in Tampa Bay under Adam Oates. We've seen him and played against him but there is nothing like (the opinions) of two people he worked under.

"In Anaheim there were power play people ahead of him. In Edmonton it was a similar situation. He's 100 percent healthy. He hasn't played much this year but we know enough about him. We'll give him an opportunity and see what he brings. We were looking for someone who can handle the puck at the point."

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Although Foster will join the Devils Tuesday, it isn't known whether he will play against the Panthers.

Pielmeier, 22, has been in Elmira (ECHL), where he appeared in 10 games this season (4-5 with a 3.45 goals-against average). He played one game for the Ducks last season. He was born in Deggendorf, Germany.

Pelley played in seven games for the Devils this season and did not score. He had seven penalty minutes.

Fraser appeared in four games and also did not score. He was minus-2 with 14 penalty minutes.

Neither player was in coach Pete DeBoer's plans and the Devils will need to make roster moves when center Travis Zajac and defenseman Anton Volchenkov are taken off IR some time soon.

"I think we get a pretty good acquisition very soon in Travis Zajac, who will be back soon and Anton should be back by the end of the week," Lamoriello said. "When you have such quality individuals (like Pelley and Fraser) who've given you so much each and every day in practice and in the locker room as support, you try and do the best for them. This is a win situation for both teams. They're getting two role players who will be tremendous for them and we're getting a player who has tremendous upside in the role we see that he'll fit."

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