Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari were traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday.
Toronto acquired the forwards from the St. Louis Blues in a three-team trade that also included the Minnesota Wild.
The Blues received the rights to forward prospect Josh Pillar from the Wild for O’Reilly, then traded him and Acciari to the Maple Leafs for Toronto’s first-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, the Ottawa Senators’ third-round pick this year, Toronto’s second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, and forwards Mikhail Abramov and Adam Gaudette.
Minnesota received Toronto’s fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.
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O’Reilly has 19 points (12 goals, seven assists) in 40 games this season. The 31-year-old forward is in the final year of seven-year contract he signed with the Buffalo Sabres on July 3, 2015, and can become an unrestricted free agent after the season.
He won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP when he had 23 points (eight goals, 15 assists) in 26 games to help St. Louis defeat the Boston Bruins in seven games in the 2019 Cup Final.
Selected by the Colorado Avalanche in the second round (No. 33) of the 2009 NHL Draft, O’Reilly has 691 points (252 goals, 439 assists) in 978 regular-season games with the Blues, Sabres and Avalanche, and 56 points (22 goals, 34 assists) in 64 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Acciari has 18 points (10 goals, eight assists) in 54 games this season. The 31-year-old forward has 95 points (55 goals, 40 assists) in 361 regular-season games with the Blues, Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins, and seven points (four goals, three assists) in 54 playoff games.
Pillar, 21, was a fourth-round pick (No. 127) by the Wild at the 2021 NHL Draft. He has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in 13 games for Saskatoon of the Western Hockey League this season.
Abramov, 21, was a fourth-round pick by the Maple Leafs (No. 115) at the 2019 NHL Draft. He has 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) in 34 games for Toronto of the American Hockey League this season.
Gaudette, 26, has 34 points (20 goals, 14 assists) in 40 games for Toronto of the AHL this season. He has 70 points (27 goals, 43 assists) in 218 NHL regular-season games with the Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks and Ottawa Senators. He does not have a point in 10 playoff games.
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