The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired veteran defenseman Mark Giordano from the Seattle Kraken, along with center Colin Blackwell. In exchange, the Maple Leafs traded two second-round draft picks and a third-round selection to the Kraken. As part of the deal, Seattle is retaining 50% of Giordano’s $6.75-million salary cap hit for the remainder of the 2021-22 campaign.
Said Giordano in a statement: “To be able to be a part of this going forward and it being my hometown is obviously a huge bonus. But to be able to come to a team that has a real good shot at obviously creating some damage in the playoffs is something I’m really excited about.”
The 38-year-old Giordano spent his entire NHL career with the Calgary Flames before being exposed in last summer’s Seattle expansion draft. The Kraken named Giordano, who has six goals and 23 points in 55 games this season, as the franchise’s first captain.
Giordano has registered 149 goals and 532 points in 1,004 regular-season games with the Flames and Kraken. He added seven points (one goal, six assists) in 23 playoff contests for Calgary.
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