Utah Hockey Club Make a Trade With Divisional Rival
It was announced today that the Utah Hockey Club have acquired forward Sammy Walker from the Minnesota Wild.
Walker, a former seventh round pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2017, has played in 13 NHL games for the Minnesota Wild, and has been a star in the AHL consistently with strong production.
In exchange for Walker, the Utah Hockey Club has agreed to future considerations, which generally means there will be no return.
The Minnesota Wild's GM, Bill Guerin, made the following announcement after the trade call:
Walker collected two points (1-1=2) in 13 NHL games with Minnesota and recorded 104 points (43-61=104) in 156 career American Hockey League (AHL) games with Iowa.
We will see if Sammy Walker can find a spot on the Utah Hockey Club, but he will likely be playing with the Tucson Roadrunners of the AHL.
Minnesota has been home to Walker for many years, and he was a former captain of their beloved college hockey team at the University of Minnesota - the Golden Gophers.
Serving three seasons as captain, Walker truly bled Minnesota, but has not been able to find the right spot in their lineup.
More details to come.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Carter Verhaeghe | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Artemi Panarin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mika Zibanejad | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Aleksander Barkov | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Paul Cotter | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Evgeny Dadonov | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Alex DeBrincat | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jack Eichel | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Wyatt Johnston | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alexander Killorn | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sam Reinhart | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Igor Sharangovich | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leo Carlsson | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Dennis Cholowski | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Gustav Forsling | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Thomas Harley | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 54 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 77 | |
Capitals | 52 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 75 | |
Stars | 52 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 69 | |
Oilers | 52 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 68 | |
Hurricanes | 53 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 68 | |
Golden Knights | 53 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 68 | |
Panthers | 54 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 67 | |
Wild | 53 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 66 | |
Maple Leafs | 52 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 64 | |
Avalanche | 54 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 64 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||