Defenceman Nikita Okhotiuk has been traded to the Calgary Flames by the San Jose Sharks for a draft decide.
San Jose will get a fifth-round decide within the 2024 NHL Draft in return for the 23-year-old defenceman.
Okhotiuk has a objective and 7 assists with 44 penalty minutes and a minus-22 defensive score in 43 video games with the Sharks this season.
He had three objectives and eight assists in 58 profession NHL video games break up between San Jose and the New Jersey Devils.
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The six-foot-one defenceman performed for the Ontario Hockey League’s Ottawa 67’s, the place he had 10 objectives and 37 assists by means of 148 video games with a plus-72 profession plus/minus in main junior.
Okhotiuk helped information the 67’s to the 2019 OHL Finals, enjoying in all 18 playoff video games for Ottawa.
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