The Winnipeg Jets got a defensive lineman Artemy Knyazev San Jose Sharks for a defenseman Leon Gawank.
Niazev, 22, skated in 61 games with the AHL’s San Jose Barracudas in 2022-23, recording five goals and 23 assists for 28 points.
As a junior in 2021-22, Kniazev recorded seven goals and 21 assists in 60 games with the Barracuda while also making his NHL debut with the Sharks, appearing in one contest.
A native of Kazan, Russia, Kniazev was a second round pick by San Jose in the 2019 NHL Draft.
Gawanke, 24, completed his fourth season in the AHL in 2022-23, tied for the AHL among defensemen with 20 goals and adding 25 assists for 45 points in 68 games with the Manitoba Moose.
Selected in the fifth round by Winnipeg in the 2017 NHL Draft, Gawanke scored 35 goals and 79 assists for 114 points in 207 career AHL games.