Vancouver Canucks land Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Connor Garland in blockbuster draft day trade
A massive blockbuster deal has shaken down on draft day between the Vancouver Canucks and the Arizona Coyotes.
The Canucks are believed to be acquiring Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Conor Garland from the ‘Yotes in exchange for Jay Beagle, Loui Eriksson, Antoine Roussel, the 9th overall pick and a second-round pick next year, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Freidman reported Friday.
Okay…OEL and Garland for Beagle, Eriksson, Roussel a 1st tonight, a 2nd (next year) and a 7th. ARIZ retains 12 per cent of OEL salary
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 23, 2021
The trade was first reported by Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro, who also reported the Coyotes are believed to be retaining $1.2-million of Ekman-Larsson’s deal.
Beagle, Eriksson and Roussel all have one year remaining on their contracts and are owed $3m, $6m, and $3m, respectively.
With the salary retained, Ekman-Larsson will be owed $6.05-m AAV with six years remaining on the deal.
Garland, meanwhile, is an RFA and owed a contract. Evolving-Hockey projects the deal to be a four-year contract with an AAV of $4.698-m.
The Canucks will save roughly $1.252-million in cap space through this trade.
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