By Pierre LeBrun, Peter Baugh and Sarah Jean Maher
The New Jersey Devils acquired defenseman Brian Dumoulin from the Anaheim Geese for a 2025 second-round decide and 2024 third-round decide Herman Träff, league sources instructed The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun Thursday. Moreover, the Geese will retain 50 p.c of Dumoulin’s $3.15 million cap hit.
The deal comes after New Jersey defenseman Dougie Hamilton left Tuesday’s recreation with an damage.
Dumoulin was No. 17 on The Athletic’s latest trade board. A second-round decide of the Carolina Hurricanes in 2009, Dumoulin performed 10 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins and gained back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017. He signed a two-year contract as a free agent with the Seattle Kraken forward of the 2023-24 season and was traded to the Geese final summer time.
The veteran defenseman has two targets and 16 factors in 61 video games this yr whereas averaging 19:48 an evening. The 33-year-old is a pending UFA.
New Jersey had three second-round picks to work with on this yr’s draft, however in addition they needed to half with Träff, whom The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler lately ranked as their No. 6 prospect.
With Jack Hughes out for the season and on long-term injured reserve, the Devils nonetheless have loads of cap house to attempt to bolster their roster. Their efforts will possible now flip towards the ahead group. They had been on the lookout for facilities even earlier than Hughes went down.
Hamilton isn’t the Devils’ solely defensive damage. Jonas Siegenthaler is on long-term injured reserve with a lower-body damage. Dumoulin will assist patch up the defensive corps, although common supervisor Tom Fitzgerald needed to pay an honest value to amass him.
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