4th year center Sam Lafferty(18) gets a new start, as he is traded to Chicago Blackhawks from draft club, Pittsburgh Penguins (4th round, 2014, #113 overall) after appearing in only 10 NHL games with two assists and a 0 rating.
The former Brown University Bears‘ forward will likely find more room to continue to develop his game.
He has 94 games to his credit, scoring 6 goals and 15 assists.
The 26-year old is fairly prolific in the minors with 17 goals and 38 assists through 85 AHL games.
If he can catch on with his new team, there’s little doubt he’ll earn a new contract, but if that doesn’t happen, we expect him to pick up and leave for overseas.
After a solid 2021/2022 season, scoring 5 goals and 6 assists in 46 games, he picks himself up a healthy 2-year extension to continue.
He actually takes a trade travel path from scoring a best 10 goals and 11 assists in 53 games to being dealt to Toronto Maple Leafs near the end of that campaign, where he did ok in just 19 games, then 9 in the playoffs.
In the offseason, the unrestricted free agent signs with Vancouver Canucks and this turns out to be pretty successful with a new best 13 goals and 24 points in 79 games with a +4 rating.
He will need a new contract, but he returns to the Blackhawks in yet another transaction for the Hollidaysburg, PA native.
Buffalo Sabres step in and offer him 2 years for $2M AAV and he accepts.