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Senators land Eklund from Sharks for No. 9 pick
Key takeaways
- The Ottawa Senators may have found one player who can help fill the void left by Brady Tkachuk as they acquired left winger William Eklund on Tuesday from the San Jose Sharks.
- Eklund, prospect winger Kasper Halttunen and the rights to prospect forward Brandon Svoboda were moved to Ottawa with San Jose receiving the No. 9 pick in this week's NHL Draft.
- Trading Tkachuk allowed the Senators to receive a substantial package rather than run the risk of losing him for nothing.
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The Ottawa Senators may have found one player who can help fill the void left by Brady Tkachuk as they acquired left winger William Eklund on Tuesday from the San Jose Sharks.
Eklund, prospect winger Kasper Halttunen and the rights to prospect forward Brandon Svoboda were moved to Ottawa with San Jose receiving the No. 9 pick in this week's NHL Draft.
Ottawa's search for another top-six left winger began Sunday when it traded Tkachuk, who was the club's captain, to the Florida Panthers with a pair of 2026 first-round picks, a 2029 first-round pick and a 2030 second-round pick going the other way.
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