Sharks add goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen
According to Frank Seravalli of DailyFaceoff, the Minnesota Wild have traded goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for defenceman Jacob Middleton.
The moves comes not long after the Wild went out and added 2021 Vezina Trophy winner Marc-André Fleury from the Chicago Blackhawks for a conditional first round pick.
One interesting note with this trade is that if Kahkonen plays one more game in the NHL, he loses his waiver exemption status.
In 25 games this season for the Wild, Kahkonen has a record of 12-8-3 with 2.87 GAA, and a .910 save percentage.
Middleton, 26, has played in 45 games this season for San Jose, tallying nine points (three goals, six assists), 69 penalty minutes, and is a plus-three.
Hearing #sjsharks are acquiring G Kaapo Kahkonen from #mnwild in exchange for D Jacob Middleton.@DailyFaceoff— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) March 21, 2022
Worth noting that Kaapo Kähkönen is 1 game away from from losing his waiver exemption status.
As of right now he still exempt, but once he plays in 1 more game he'll require waivers before he can be assigned.https://t.co/2EOvPEfelU https://t.co/0TGStfSixl— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) March 21, 2022
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Conor Garland | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nick Schmaltz | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jack McBain | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mikhail Sergachev | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jayden Struble | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cole Caufield | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Logan Cooley | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Christian Dvorak | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Barrett Hayton | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Quinn Hughes | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 1 | 1 | |
| David Savard | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Pius Suter | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Arber Xhekaj | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Joel Armia | - | - | - | |
| Arshdeep Bains | - | - | - | |
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TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 22 | 18 | 4 | - | 36 | |
Devils | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 32 | |
Hurricanes | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 31 | |
Wild | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 30 | |
Golden Knights | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | |
Capitals | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 29 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 20 | 13 | 7 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
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