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
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