The Arizona Coyotes have acquired forwards Sam Gagner and B.J Crombeen from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for a sixth round draft pick.
The Oilers first moved Gagner to the Lightning in exchange for Teddy Purcell. Gagner was flipped to the Coyotes minutes later.
Although I can't confirm it is 100% true, various Tweets indicate that the Lightning also retained some of Gagner's salary.
This is obviously a great trade for the Coyotes as Gagner is a talented offensive player and only 24 years old and the cost is insanely low.
From This Morining's blog The Oilers, Gagner, Coyotes
The drafting of Leon Draisaitl gives the Oilers one of the greatest, youngest, highest ceiling top two lines anyone in the NHL has had...maybe ever. It is exciting to see what the Oilers are building, but the question right now is if Leon Draisaitl can play in the NHL next year.
Because, if he can, you have to figure the Oilers would be interested in finally trading Sam Gagner. If that is the case, I think the Coyotes need to attempt to acquire him.
Now, obviously, it should not be for Keith Yandle, but the Coyotes have some good pieces besides him that could probably interest the Oilers and I think Gagner - who once scored eight points in a game - could still develop into a top line player. Sure, he isn't your typical first line centre, but the Coyotes don't have a lot of options right now after buying out Ribeiro and maybe with Hanzal and Gagner you can have two lines that are about equal. This would also free up Antoine Vermette to be the premier third line centre he can be.
More details/ analysis in the AM.