The Chicago Blackhawks introduced that the crew had acquired forwards Ilya Mikheyev, Sam Lafferty and a 2027 second-round choose from the Vancouver Canucks in trade for a 2027 fourth-round choose. Vancouver will retain 15% of Mikheyev’s wage for the remaining time period of the contract.
Mikheyev, 29, is underneath contract for 2 extra seasons at $4.75 million per yr — a deal he signed forward of the 2022-23 season. Whereas his first season with the membership was respectable — 13 targets and 28 factors in 46 video games earlier than being sidelined with an ACL harm — his manufacturing took a pointy downturn in his second season with the membership.
The native of Omsk, Russia has earned 131 factors (60G, 71A) in 270 profession regular-season video games with Toronto and Vancouver. Mikheyev has additionally made 4 profession journeys to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, logging 4 factors (2G, 2A) in 30 profession postseason video games.
Lafferty, 29, loved the best season of his profession, primarily taking part in on the Canucks’ fourth line. He scored 13 targets and 11 factors for twenty-four factors in 79 video games. He’s a pending unrestricted free agent. Lafferty was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in 2022 for Alexander Nylander. Throughout the next 2022–23 NHL season, whereas throughout a breakout season in establishing new offensive highs, Lafferty was traded by the rebuilding Blackhawks to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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After locking down Teddy Blueger, the Canucks are persevering with to work on attempting to create crucial cap area to take a run at their seven remaining pending free brokers, similar to Nikita Zadorov, Dakota Joshua, and Elias Lindholm.
Heading into the 2024 NHL Draft, the Hawks maintain the No. 2 and No. 18 total picks, in addition to a pair of alternatives within the second and third rounds, and two late-round picks, Basic Supervisor Kyle Davidson, director of novice scouting Mike Doneghey and the novice scouting crew are extra assured than ever about their course of heading into the weekend — the third draft since Davidson took over as GM. They’ve choices that might set them up for achievement within the very close to future, whereas the Canucks are making strikes that can enable them to proceed to construct on the success they’ve noticed within the 2023-24 season.