NHL Trade Tracker – June 23, 2026
St. Louis Blues trade winger Jordan Kyrou to the Washington Capitals (NHL Images).
The Buffalo Sabres trade defenseman Bowen Byram and forward Jordan Greenway to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for the fourth-overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, defenseman Louis Crevier, and a 2026 second-round pick.
The St. Louis Blues trade winger Jordan Kyrou to the Washington Capitals in exchange for forward Connor McMichael, prospect forward Milton Gastrin, and a first-round pick (No. 16) in the 2026 NHL Draft. Kyrou waived his no-trade clause to join the Capitals.
The Ottawa Senators acquire winger William Eklund, forward Kasper Halttunen, and the rights to forward prospect Brandon Svoboda from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for the No. 9 pick in the first round of the 2026 NHL Draft. That pick originally belonged to the Florida Panthers.
The New Jersey Devils traded defenseman Simon Nemec and forward Maxim Tsyplakov to the Calgary Flames for conditional first-round picks in the 2027 and 2028 drafts, a second-round pick in the 2026 draft, and prospect defenseman Etienne Morin. Both conditional picks are top-10 protected.
Out of the three, the Kyrou seems the most interesting for both teams. A lot of trades this week so far using this years 1st rounders thrown about.
3 big trades in the league today following yesterdays blockbuster. Feel like the Ottawa/ SJ trade and the Caps/ Blues trade were solid trades for all 4 teams. Confused the NJ/ Calgary trade in that I thought NJ wanted a young NHL ready top 6 forward instead of the draft choices they got back in the trade for Nemec. Hope the action continues!
I doubt Armstrong will keep 4 first rd picks probably another move or two. I also think Binnington and Parayko get traded. Regardless the Kyrou trade frees up 8 million in cap space.
Is Armstrong running this draft or is Steen..not sure what the handoff timeline is
Geez. Just came home from visiting the wife again … and another deal. Staios certainly isn’t letting the grass grow under his feet. Less than 48 hours after peddling Tkachuk he uses their 9th obtained in that trade to obtain speedy LW Eklund, who isn’t afraid of the heavy going … and who happens to be close friends with Zetterlund. He’s also cost-controlled for the next 3 seasons, having just signed a $5.6 mil per extension in San Jose.
He certainly can’t be described as “big” … but apparently he plays that way.
The other two are admittedly long-shot prospects to make the NHL one day, but they do add to the depth in Belleville where they’ll learn the Ottawa system and hopefully progress. The 21 year old Halttunen, a Finn, is a C while Svoboda is a RW, currently with Boston U.
They still have the # 25 pick, but I’d bet that too is involved in another deal
Plus some not bad futures thrown in too…Don’t look at his +/- I know you hold that stat highly but one has to consider the team in his case. Still loads of cap, every trade has left doors wide open and quite entertaining…SJ with 2 top 10 picks…what are they up to?
I’m surprised Nemec didn’t get NJ more since none of the first rounders are Calagarys.
As for the SJ trade, Stenberg is going to SJ or they wouldn’t have made the trade. I think Washington got the slightly better deal
O my! Byram to Hawks for #4 OA!!!!!
Why did Black Hawks do this ? Sabres may have another deal in the works
Full Trade
BUF: 2026 4th OA, 2026 45th OA, RD Louis Crevier
CHI: Byram and Greenway.