The Detroit Red Wings acquired a 2025 fourth-round pick today to facilitate the trade that sent center Yanni Gourde from Seattle to Tampa Bay. The Kraken shipped Gourde to Detroit for defense prospect Kyle Aucoin. The Red Wings then sent Gourde to the Lightning for a conditional fourth-round pick.

Selected by Columbus in the third round (No. 89) of the 2013 NHL Draft, Bjorkstrand has 375 points (167 goals, 208 assists) in 606 regular-season games for the Kraken and Blue Jackets and 20 points (10 goals, 10 assists) in 45 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have officially made their first big trade of the season. It is a three-team deal between the Lightning, Seattle Kraken, and Detroit Red Wings. Here are is the complete trade:

The Lightning have acquired forwards Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand from the Kraken in exchange for a package that includes two future first-round picks.

A busy day of transactions continued for the Detroit Red Wings Wednesday afternoon, when word broke that Detroit would be facilitating the deal that sent Seattle Kraken forwards Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Yanni Gourde was told Wednesday at 9 a.m. Pacific time that he was getting traded, but the Seattle Kraken couldn’t tell him his destination right away. Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand waited for three hours — until two players cleared waivers for the Lightning — before they could be informed they were heading to Tampa Bay as the main pieces of a three-team trade that also included

Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois continues to be active with deals again at the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline. The Lightning’s forward core had some gaping holes, and the team has gotten away with cheap,

The Kraken traded two popular veteran players Wednesday as the NHL's deadline for moves nears. Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand are headed to the Tampa Bay Lightning as part of a three-team deal that also involves the Detroit Red Wings.