Ottawa Senators Acquire Linus Ullmark From Boston Bruins: Another Goalie Sweepstakes Ends
Linus Ullmark Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
The Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins made a big move right before Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.
The Senators acquired goaltender Linus Ullmark from the Bruins in exchange for forward Mark Kastelic, goalie Joonas Korpisalo and the 25th-overall pick in this week's NHL draft.
Ottawa will retain 25 percent of Korpisalo's $4-million cap hit for the final four years of his five-year contract signed at the beginning of last year's free agency period.
Ullmark, 30, is one year removed from winning the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top netminder and the William M. Jennings trophy for being a goalie with at least 25 games played on the team with the lowest goals-against average. In 2023-24, he had a 22-10-7 record with a 2.57 goals-against average and .915 save percentage in 40 games. He appeared in two games during the playoffs and had a 3.90 goals-against average and .886 save percentage with one recorded loss.
Korpisalo, 30, spent eight seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings before the 2023 trade deadline and signing with Ottawa. This season, he played 55 games and had a 21-26-4 record with a 3.27 goals-against average and .890 save percentage.
Kastelic, meanwhile, is a 6-foot-4, 226-pound center playing fourth-line minutes. He averaged the most hits per 60 minutes of any Senators player with at least half a season played at 15.53, and he recorded five goals and five assists for 10 points in 63 games played.
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