Just days before the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, the host Nashville Predators finally found a trade partner for Ryan Johansen, sending the former top line center to the Colorado Avalanche for forward Alex Galchenyuk.
Incoming General Manager Barry Trotz announced today that the team has acquired forward Alex Galchenyuk from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for forward Ryan Johansen.https://t.co/qWm418ziVK
— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) June 24, 2023
The trade also involved the Nashville Predators retaining half of Johansen’s $8 million salary through the remaining two years of his contract, which was signed way back in the summer of 2017 following the Stanley Cup Final run by the Predators.