TRADE - Penguins acquire former first-round pick from Nashville
After moving Tanner Jeannot and Mattias Ekholm this week, the Nashville Predators continued their sell-off ahead of the 2023 NHL trade deadline.
According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, the Predators have traded 31-year-old forward Mikael Granlund to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a second-round pick.
TSN's Chris Johnston added that the second-round pick is in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft and the Predators didn't retain any of Granlund's salary.
Granlund, a former first-round pick of the Minnesota Wild, is in his 11th year in the National Hockey League and fourth full season as a member of the Nashville Predators.
In 58 games this season, the Oulu (Finland) native has 36 points (nine goals, 27 assists), 12 penalty minutes and is a minus-16. Granlund has two years remaining on his contract beyond this season with an AAV of $5 million.
It will be Granlund. Hearing a second-rounder is return— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 2, 2023
There was no salary retained on Mikael Granlund in the trade with Pittsburgh. The #preds get a 2023 second-rounder in return.— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) March 2, 2023
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Kyle Connor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owen Power | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drew Helleson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jirí Kulich | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Isac Lundestrom | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Leo Carlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ross Johnston | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Perfetti | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Scheifele | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Trevor Zegras | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||