{"id":762398,"date":"2026-06-26T21:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/762398\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T21:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:38:10","slug":"senators-pick-up-forward-andre-burakovsky-in-trade-with-blackhawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/762398\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators pick up forward Andre Burakovsky in trade with Blackhawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More forward help is coming to Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>Burakovsky, 31, appeared in 75 games with the Blackhawks last season, registering 11 goals and 22 assists.<\/p>\n<p>For his career, which includes Stanley Cups with the Washington Capitals in 2018 and Colorado Avalanche in 2022, the Swede has collected 164 goals and 256 assists. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Andre adds skill and playmaking ability to our forward group,&#8221; general manager Steve Staios said in a statement. \u201cWe are happy to add the pedigree of a two-time Stanley Cup champion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mckenna-640x360.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Watch the 2026 NHL Draft on Sportsnet\"\/>Watch the 2026 NHL Draft on Sportsnet<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs hold the No. 1 pick as the next group of NHL stars gets set to enter the league. Live NHL Draft coverage begins with the first round on Friday followed by Rounds 2-7 on Saturday. Catch it all on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Broadcast schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burakovsky is entering the final season of a contract worth $5.5 million annually.<\/p>\n<p>The Burakovsky trade is the latest in a flurry of deals for the Senators, whose big moves have included dealing captain Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers and picking up forward William Eklund from the San Jose Sharks.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Friday, Ottawa acquired goalie Sam Ersson from the Toronto Maple Leafs and signed defenceman Jordan Spence to a four-year, $20-million contract extension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More forward help is coming to Ottawa. Burakovsky, 31, appeared in 75 games with the Blackhawks last season,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-762398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}