Day one of the NHL Draft brought some interesting trades from the host city of Chicago. The Blackhawks were busy making three moves. The Coyotes added to their week in the news making two moves. Will day two lead to more trades or will all be quiet until the 1st of July.
Draft Day One Trades:
* Arizona traded D Connor Murphy and C Laurent Dauphin to Chicago for D Niklas Hjalmarsson.
* Arizona traded D Anthony DeAngelo and its 1st-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (7th overall) to NY Rangers for C Derek Stepan and G Antti Raanta.
* Chicago traded LW Artemi Panarin, LW Tyler Motte and NY Islanders’ 6th-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (previously acquired, 170th overall) to Columbus for LW Brandon Saad,
G Anton Forsberg and Columbus’ 5th-round pick in 2018.
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* Chicago traded its 1st-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (26th overall) to Dallas for Anaheim’s 1st-round pick in 2017 (previously acquired, 29th overall) and Dallas’ 3rd-round pick in 2017 (70th overall).
* Columbus traded RW Dante Salituro to Minnesota for C Jordan Schroeder.
* Philadelphia traded C Brayden Schenn to St. Louis for C Jori Lehtera, St. Louis’ 1st-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (27th overall) and a conditional 1st-round pick in 2018.
* Pittsburgh traded C Oskar Sundqvist and its 1st-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (31st overall) to St. Louis for RW Ryan Reaves and St. Louis’ 2nd-round pick in 2017 (51st overall).
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