Shayne Gostisbehere was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes by the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday for a third-round decide within the 2026 NHL Draft.
Gostisbehere is within the ultimate season of a six-year contract he signed with the Philadelphia Flyers on June 9, 2017, and might change into an unrestricted free agent after the season.
The 29-year-old defenseman has 31 factors (10 targets, 21 assists) in 52 video games this season. He missed eight video games with an upper-body damage from Jan. 26-Feb. 18.
“Shayne is a smooth-skating, puck-moving defenseman,” Hurricanes normal supervisor Don Waddell mentioned. “We suppose his offensive ability set and veteran presence will assist bolster our blueline.”
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Selected by Philadelphia within the third spherical (No. 78) of the 2012 NHL Draft, Gostisbehere has 301 factors (84 targets, 217 assists) in 515 regular-season video games with the Coyotes and Flyers, and 5 factors (two targets, three assists) in 17 Stanley Cup Playoff video games.
“‘Ghost’ has been glorious for us,” Arizona GM Bill Armstrong mentioned. “I feel it was a win-win for either side. … It looks like our teaching employees did a tremendous job with him, getting him refurbished, getting his new recreation so as, and he was excellent for us from the time he bought right here to the time he left. We had been in a position to get a third-round decide for him on his means out. … He bought quite a bit higher as a participant and he helped us win some video games and it actually had an amazing impact on the younger guys by his work ethic and his professionalism.
“Now he is bought an opportunity to win a championship with Carolina, so we’re very pleased with him and want him one of the best.”
Arizona additionally traded defenseman Jakob Chychrun to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday for conditional first-round decide within the 2023 NHL Draft, a conditional second-round decide within the 2024 NHL Draft and a second-round decide within the 2026 draft. Chychrun had sat out the earlier eight video games for trade-related causes.
The Coyotes (21-30-9) are 21 factors behind the Oilers and Winnipeg Jets for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
The Hurricanes (39-11-8), who’re first within the Metropolitan Division, three factors forward of the New Jersey Devils, go to the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; TNT, TVAS, SN1, SN NOW).
Carolina acquired ahead Jesse Puljujarvi from the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday for ahead prospect Patrik Puistola.
NHL.com employees author Tracey Myers contributed to this report
