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Trade grades for Sharks, Senators after William Eklund dealt for No. 9 pick

It was a busy day in the National Hockey League, as multiple trades were leading up to the 2026 Draft later this week. Among the trades was a deal between the Ottawa Senators and the San Jose Sharks, a pair of clubs in opposite conferences who have made deals with one another before. On Tuesday, […] The post Trade grades for Sharks, Senators after William Eklund dealt for No. 9 pick appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Flyers’ defense options dwindling after NHL blockbuster trades

The Philadelphia Flyers already addressed one of their needs, trading for goaltender Joseph Woll from the Toronto Maple Leafs to play behind Dan Vladar in the crease. That’s just one of a few positions of need this offseason for the Flyers, though. We can talk about top-line centers all day long, but they don’t become available very often. Danny Briere will surely be working the phones trying to find a good deal, potentially with the Ottawa Senators after the Brady Tkachuk trade. But...

San Jose Sharks Shopping No.2 Overall Draft Pick

The San Jose Sharks had a busy Tuesday, dealing winger William Eklund to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for the ninth-overall draft pick at Friday's NHL Draft from Buffalo. Turns out the Sharks aren't finished. According to multiple insiders, the Sharks are listening to trade offers on the second-overall pick. General manager Mike Grier needs defenceman and just lost one of his best young wingers, so the Sharks' exec will try to get as creative as possible to land some immediate roster help....

Sharks trade William Eklund to Ottawa Senators

The San Jose Sharks have traded the team’s longest tenured forward to the Ottawa Senators. This afternoon, the Sharks organization announced it traded William Eklund, Kasper Halttunen and Brandon Svoboda to the Senators for the 9th overall pick in the upcoming draft. The deal comes one day after the Senators acquired the ninth overall pick (along with a few others) from the Florida Panthers for Brady Tkachuk. What the Sharks lose in this deal Obviously, the biggest loss in this deal ...

Next move Oilers must make after hiring Mike Babcock as head coach

On Tuesday afternoon, the Edmonton Oilers officially announced the hiring of Mike Babcock as their next head coach. They also brought in D.J. Smith, the former head coach of the Ottawa Senators, who most recently served as the interim head coach of the Los Angeles Kings, to join his staff as an assistant coach. Babcock […] The post Next move Oilers must make after hiring Mike Babcock as head coach appeared first on ClutchPoints .

NHL Notebook: Flames acquire Nemec for pair of first-round picks, Sharks trade Eklund to Senators

Welcome back to NHL Notebook — the series here at CanucksArmy where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League — oftentimes through a Vancouver Canucks-tinted lens!   The Canucks’ rivals at the bottom of the Pacific Division are making some interesting moves. Flames acquire Simon Nemec from Devils On Tuesday, the Calgary Flames…

NHL Trade: Senators Acquire William Eklund From San Jose Sharks

The Ottawa Senators have made their first move of the post-Brady Tkachuk era on Tuesday afternoon. The Sens have swung a deal with the San Jose Sharks to acquire forward William Eklund. Oh Ek YEAH! The #Sens have acquired forward William Eklund, Kasper Halttunen, and the rights to Brandon Svoboda in exchange for the 9th overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. pic.twitter.com/Q2PYSDVvzN — Ottawa Senators (@Senators) June 23, 2026 So the Sens trade one of the first-rounders they got in the Brady Tka...

Panthers’ Brady Tkachuk gets real on Senators trade request

The first bombshell trade of the NHL offseason has come and gone, with former Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk being reunited with brother Matthew and the Florida Panthers on Sunday evening. Tkachuk now joins a powerhouse Panthers team that has won two of the last three Stanley Cups, and will be well-positioned to make another […] The post Panthers’ Brady Tkachuk gets real on Senators trade request appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Hurricanes’ 2022 trade offer for Matthew Tkachuk included Martin Necas, Alexander Nikishin and more: Friedman

On Sunday, the Ottawa Senators traded Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers. Over at Sportsnet, Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas discussed Tkachuk’s trade on the latest edition of the 32 Thoughts podcast. As part of that discussion, Friedman circled back to the 2022 trade that sent Brady’s older brother, Matthew, from the Calgary Flames to…

4 Trade Targets Listed As Senators Going 'Big Game Hunting' After Dealing Tkachuk

The Ottawa Senators & Florida Panthers shocked the hockey world on Sunday with the blockbuster move of Brady Tkachuk to Ft. Lauderdale to join his brother. But the all-draft assets return that Ottawa got isn't the end of this story.  Insider Bruce Garrioch  of the Ottawa Citizen fully expects Sens GM Steve Staios now to take some of those assets and go "Big Game Hunting" to try to find some significant scoring help. A league executive told him that the Senators "were actively seeking...

Senators’ Steve Staios drops ‘comfortable’ truth bomb on Brady Tkachuk trade

While there have already been a handful of trades so far in the NHL offseason, the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers have pulled off the biggest move so far. The Senators traded captain Brady Tkachuk, whom they selected in the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft, to the Panthers in return for multiple draft […] The post Senators’ Steve Staios drops ‘comfortable’ truth bomb on Brady Tkachuk trade appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Maple Leafs’ Darren Raddysh breaks silence on joining hometown team

The landscape of the NHL was shaken up in a major way this offseason with some big-time trades, none more notable that the deal that sent Ottawa Senators star Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers to play with his brother, Matthew. However, one of the deals that is flying a bit under the radar is […] The post Maple Leafs’ Darren Raddysh breaks silence on joining hometown team appeared first on ClutchPoints .