In the wake of trading for elite goalie Robin Lehner from the Chicago Blackhawks, the Vegas Golden Knights set their sights on bolstering their bottom-six.
They achieved that goal by sending a fourth-round pick in 2020 to the Montreal Canadiens for forward Nick Cousins, as first reported by NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman.
Cousins comes with a cap hit of $1,000,000 and he is a pending RFA, which means that the Knights will have the right to try and re-sign the 26-year-old forward first.
Although this won’t get as much attention as the spectacular Lehner trade, this was still an important deal for the Golden Knights.