Alex DeBrinkat He was traded to the Detroit Red Wings by the Ottawa Senators as a Sunday forward Dominic CubanDefenseman Donovan Sebrango is expected to be a conditional first-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft and fourth pick in the 2024 draft.
The 25-year-old striker, who was a restricted free agent, then signed a four-year, $31.5 million contract extension. Their average annual value is $7.875 million.
DeBrinkat scored 66 points (27 goals, 39 assists) in 82 games last season, his first in Ottawa after his acquisition from the Chicago Blackhawks on July 7, 2022.
At the time of the trade, when asked if he would sign long term with Ottawa, DeBrincat said he needed time. He then told the Senators after the season that he would not sign a long-term contract.
Ottawa general manager Pierre Dorion said on June 27: “Right now we’re talking to teams about the possibility of moving him. He didn’t ask for a deal, but it looks like we have to do what’s best for the organization. And if he’s not willing to sign a long-term contract with us, I think it’s Our duty is to do what is best for us.
“We loved Alex when we traded him, and pretty much from training camp last year we approached their camp about signing an extension. They wanted to see what Ottawa was like. At the end of the year, their camp made it clear to us that free agency would only come once probably for Alex.” in his career, and they weren’t ready to sign us for a long time.”
Selected by Chicago in the second round (#39) of the 2016 NHL Draft, DeBrincat has 373 points (187 goals, 186 assists) in 450 regular season games, and six points (two goals, four assists) in nine postseason games .
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Kobalik scored 45 points (20 goals and 25 assists) in 81 games last season. The 27-year-old has one season remaining on a two-year, $5 million contract ($2.5 million average annual value) and signed with Detroit on July 13, 2022.
Selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the seventh round (191st overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft, Kubalik has 161 points (82 goals, 79 assists) in 283 regular season games with the Blackhawks and Red Wings, and eight points (four goals, four assists). assists) in nine postseason games.
Sebrango, 21, had seven points (four goals and three assists) in 39 games with Grand Rapids of the Major League Soccer last season, and 12 points (one goal, 11 assists) in 23 games with Toledo of the Major League Soccer .