Hurricanes trade Ryan Dzingel to Ottawa Senators for Cedric Paquette, Alex Galchenyuk
Ryan Dzingel, a forward who never completely fit into the Carolina Hurricanes’ system with any success, has been traded to the Ottawa Senators, the Canes announced Saturday.
The Canes acquired forwards Cedric Paquette, who helped the Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup in 2020, and Alex Galchenyuk from the Senators.
“It’s tough any time you make a trade, especially on a game day,” Canes coach Rod Brind’Amour said Saturday after a 4-3 shootout win over the Dallas Stars. “Dzingel was a good player for us. It just wasn’t the right fit as far as finding him the right role. Nothing against him. I thought when we did have him in the right role, he was fine.
“I think these are the kind of trades that help both teams. In Paquette, we’re getting a fourth-line, probably center role, just to help out where we’re kind of missing there.”
In another transaction later Saturday, the Canes traded forward Gregory Hofmann to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a seventh-round draft pick in 2022. Hofmann, drafted by Carolina in 2011, has been playing in the Swiss National League,
Paquette, 27, has scored one goal in nine games with the Senators this season. He played in all 25 postseason games for the Lightning in 2020, with three assists.
Paquette has 48 goals and 38 assists in 386 career NHL games with the Lightning and Senators. He also has 12 points (5 goals, 7 assists) in 91 career NHL playoff games, all with Tampa Bay.
Galchenyuk, 27, scored one goal in eight games with Ottawa this season. The 6-1, 207-pound forward has 321 points (136 goals, 185) assists) in 557 career NHL games with Montreal, Arizona, Pittsburgh, Minnesota and Ottawa.
Dzingel, 28, is a former seventh-round draft pick by the Senators. In 75 games with the Canes, he had 10 goals and 23 assists after being signed as a free agent on July 12, 2019.
The Canes will pick up $675,000 in salary cap space with the trade.
This story was originally published February 13, 2021 at 2:19 PM.
