It was a busy Monday for the New Jersey Devils, who made a total of three trades before Monday’s trade deadline. After trading Wayne Simmonds to Buffalo earlier in the day, the team moved defenseman Sami Vatanen to Carolina and goalie Louis Domingue to Vancouver per the Devils.
In exchange for Vatanen, New Jersey landed forward Janne Kuokkanen, defenseman Fredrik Claesson and the Hurricanes’ conditional fourth-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. As part of the trade, the Devils will pay 50% Vatanen’s salary.
Kuokkanen has spent the 2019-20 season in the AHL with the Charlotte Checkers, where he’s scored 12 goals with an impressive 30 assists for a total of 42 points.