Confirmed Trade: [OTT/SJS] William Eklund, Kasper Halttunen, Brandon Svoboda for 2026 FLA 1st round pick (9th overall)

[Ryder71]

Sharks are gonna be a wagon in a couple of years, damn!

 

[MNRube]

Kinda love this for Ottawa. Fits their timeline much better and Eklund still has some runway to improve despite already being a useful piece.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Pretty funny to acquire the pick that we had pre-lottery. Clearly we had an eye on somebody before moving up to #2.

 

[TMLeafer]

Draft day is going to be crazy hopefully.

Good get for Ottawa

 

[KevinRedkey]

Eklund
Recent 2nd (36th overall)
Recent 3rd (71st overall)

 

[Hale The Villain]

Wow they really got the 9th for Eklund.

Big W for Grier

He's a 23 year old top 6 forward.

What did you expect?

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Desperation move by Ottawa.

Packaging a few of those assets they got & trading up a few spots for Viggo Bjorck would've made more sense imo

 

[RedHawkDown]

SJ probably has the best GM in hockey

 

[gary559]

IMO, 9th overall is too much for Eklund by himself.

Ha! I was right!

 

[atlanticobserver]

What a horrible trade for ott

 

[KevSkillz4]

I really like Kasper Halttunen !! Good job Ottawa on that.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

 

[Claypool]

They should have traded for JJ Peterka instead

 

[Leo2Cutter]

That is great for san jose

 

[KniesMadeBradyCry]

How does Ottawa continually do these things to themselves.

 

[canuckslover10]

Grier just changed the trajectory of the sharks.

 

[GKJ]

It's an immense downgrade.

Are you sure?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

yeah, you posted the same as the post right above you. nice try.

We both shared the same link seconds apart, so I don't know what you're getting at, ya knob.

 

[Volica]

This offseason rules

Love that teams are doing things, nice change!

 

[TimAllen]

Wow what a weird trade. Wonder if the Sharks have something else in mind for that pick or those 2 top 9 picks. Gonna miss Eklund.

 

[Gizmokov]

Draft day is going to be crazy hopefully

I think these trades happening now tell us it won’t be that crazy lol

 

[Shonky]

And people thought u could use 9th to build a trade for larkin. Lol

 

[BeranekAndNeck]

Sharks W, I don’t think Eklund is the right player to target if the idea was a first line calibre winger.

 

[DFAC]

If it is for #9 then Grier is a genius because he can just add two RHD in Reid and Rudolph or go with a LHD like Carels if he falls to 9.

Sorry but this is copium from Canucks fans. They need Stenberg to replace Eklund who they can insert right away.

All this means is theyre taking Stenberg at 2 and a D at 9.

 

[Noble]