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The Carolina Hurricanes have acquired a fifth-round pick in this year’s NHL Entry Draft from the Montreal Canadiens, in exchange for the rights to defenseman Joel Edmundson.
#Canes send rights to Joel Edmundson to Canadiens for fifth-round draft pick
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) September 12, 2020
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Edmundson had 20 points and a plus-seven rating in 68 regular season games with the Hurricanes this season. Personally, I liked him quite a bit and I thought he was decent while playing in a larger role than he was probably meant for. That said, the Hurricanes have areas of weakness to allocate their cap space to and not re-signing Edmundson makes sense.
This deal is essentially a copy of the Kevin Hayes trade last year, where Winnipeg acquired a fifth-round pick from Philadelphia, in exchange for Hayes’ rights before he became a free agent. Considering Edmundson wasn’t going to be brought back anyways, getting an extra pick is a nice move by general manager Don Waddell.
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