Cedric Paquette and Alex Galchenyuk were traded to the Carolina Hurricanes by the Ottawa Senators for Ryan Dzingel on Saturday.
The trade was announced shortly before the Senators won 2-1 at the Winnipeg Jets. The Hurricanes played at the Dallas Stars later Saturday.
Dzingel was selected by the Senators in the seventh round (No. 204) of the 2011 NHL Draft and the forward played four seasons for them (2015-19).
“It’s great,” Ottawa forward Colin White said of Dzingel returning. “It was awesome dealing with him as a younger player in the League, and to have him back now is going to be awesome. I shot him a text here just after the game and he’s super excited to get back too. It’ll be fun to have him back on our team. He’s a great kid.”
Dzingel scored four points (two goals, two assists) in 11 games this season. He has scored 171 points (76 goals, 95 assists) in 343 regular-season games with the Hurricanes, Senators and Columbus Blue Jackets, and four points (three goals, one assist) in 28 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
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Paquette scored one goal in nine games this season. The forward was acquired by Ottawa on Dec. 27 with defenseman Braydon Coburn in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Selected in the fourth round (No. 101) of the 2012 NHL Draft, Paquette has scored 86 points (48 goals, 38 assists) in 386 regular-season games with the Senators and Lightning, and 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in 91 playoff games.
“Cedric is a strong, physical forward who won the Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay last season,” Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell said. “We’re excited to add both of these players to our forward group.”
Galchenyuk, a forward who signed a one-year contract Oct. 28, scored one goal in eight games this season.
The No. 3 pick in the 2012 draft, Galchenyuk has scored 321 points (136 goals, 185 assists) in 557 regular-season games with the Senators, Minnesota Wild, Pittsburgh Penguins, Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens, and 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in 32 playoff games.
“It’s hard with this COVID lineup,” Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said. “You have so many bodies and guys don’t get in to play. Two guys go out that hopefully get an opportunity somewhere else, and Ryan Dzingel, who the fans know, will give us some much-needed speed and be able to push some guys for minutes, and make us a bit of a faster club. …
“It’s a tough situation for [Galchenyuk] because we have young guys in front of him that I feel that I have to develop and give opportunities to. And obviously we want young guys to work for everything they get, but in saying that, a guy like [Tim] Stutzle and Brady [Tkachuk] on the left side, and then you’ve got Nick Paul who’s been arguably one of our best players wire to wire, those are three guys who were ahead of him on the left side.”
Paquette, Galchenyuk and Dzingel will each have to satisfy quarantine requirements before being available to play due to coronavirus issues related to the United States-Canada border.
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