Ian White Ian White ( born June 4 , 1984 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman , currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League . He had previously played with the Toronto Maple Leafs , Calgary Flames , Carolina Hurricanes , and San Jose Sharks . Playing career . Early Years . White was drafted by the Swift Current Broncos of the WHL in the 5th round , 89th overall in the 1999 WHL Bantam Draft . His first season with Swift Current was fairly successful as he scored 12 goals and 31 assists in 69 games which placed him seventh on the team in scoring . They finished the season first in the division . In White ' s second season with Swift Current , he fared much better , scoring 32 goals and 47 assists for 79 points in 70 games for second place on the team in scoring . This gave NHL teams interest in drafting him . White was drafted in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs . The Leafs picked White in the 6th round , 191st overall . In 2002 – 03 , White finished third on Swift Current in scoring with 24 goals and 44 assists for 68 points in 64 games and was named to the WHL ' s First All Star Team and the CHL ' s Second All Star Team . White played for Team Canada at the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Halifax , where Canada finished second place to Team Russia . White was primarily the seventh defenceman and powerplay specialist for Canada , where he scored 2 goals and 4 assists for 6 points in 6 games , and was one of the surprises of the tournament . White broke his left ankle in late October 2004 and thereby could not be afforded a spot on the 2004 World Junior team . Jump to the NHL , tenure with Toronto . In the 2005 – 06 season , White was named to Team Canada for the Spengler Cup as one of 8 defenceman on the club . Canada made it into the final against Metallurg Magnitogorsk , losing by a score of 8 – 3 . White accumulated 1 goal in the tournament . He also made his debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs , and scored five points ( one goal and four assists ) in his first five career NHL games . In 2006 – 07 , he scored 3 goals and 23 assists for a total of 26 points , leaving him tied for second in scoring among rookie defencemen . White spent much of the season playing with the hulking Hal Gill , giving rise to the nickname of " Barney and Fred " due to the almost full foot in height Gill has on White , as well as the massive weight difference . Due to the amount of defencemen on the roster for the 2008 – 09 season for the Maple Leafs , White was sat out for the first 11 games of the season before playing his first game in which he spent some time playing as a 3rd line forward . In spite of a lack of experience in the position , in eight games there he managed three goals , seven points , and a + 5 plus / minus rating before returning to defence . As the season progressed , he received more and more ice time , eventually averaging over 25 minutes a game by the end of the year , and finishing 2008 - 2009 with 10 goals , 26 points , and a + 6 plus / minus . Calgary Flames . On January 31 , 2010 , White was traded along with Jamal Mayers , Niklas Hagman and Matt Stajan to the Calgary Flames for Dion Phaneuf , Fredrik Sjöström and prospect Keith Aulie . On July 30 , 2010 , White re - signed with the Flames with a 1 year deal worth $ 2 . 99 million . Carolina Hurricanes . On November 17 , 2010 , White was traded along with Brett Sutter to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Tom Kostopoulos and Anton Babchuk . He played in 39 games for the Hurricanes , recording 11 assists . San Jose Sharks . On February 18 , 2011 , White was traded to the San Jose Sharks for a second round pick in 2012 . White had an assist in his first game as a Shark . On April 14 , 2011 , White recorded his first career playoff assist in Game 1 of the first round against the Los Angeles Kings . The goal was scored by Heatley on a feed off White ' s stick and put the Sharks up 1 - 0 in the game just 28 seconds in . He went on to play 17 games in the playoffs for the San Jose , recording nine points as the Sharks were eventually ousted by the Western Conference champion Vancouver Canucks . Detroit Red Wings . White signed a two - year contract worth $ 5 . 75 million with the Detroit Red Wings on July 2 , 2011 .