{"id":437894,"date":"2026-01-28T04:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/437894\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:36:06","slug":"islanders-acquire-palat-picks-from-devils-for-tsyplakov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/437894\/","title":{"rendered":"Islanders acquire Palat, picks from Devils for Tsyplakov"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWARK, N.J. \u2014 Instead of suiting up for the New Jersey Devils<\/a> on Tuesday night, Ondrej Palat said goodbye to his teammates in the home locker room and left the arena an hour before puck drop. He is not going far.<\/p>\n

The Devils traded Palat to the division-rival New York Islanders<\/a>, moving on from the veteran winger\u00a0they had been trying to deal\u00a0for quite some time. The Devils sent a third-round pick in the draft this year and a 2027 sixth-rounder with Palat for 27-year-old Maxim Tsyplakov.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to miss Pally,\u201d coach Sheldon Keefe said\u00a0after a 4-3 loss to Winnipeg. \u201cHe\u2019s a tremendous guy, great leader, often is the example in terms of hard work and competitiveness (in) practices, games.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Islanders took on Palat\u2019s entire $6 million salary cap hit for this season and next. General manager Mathieu Darche is very familiar with Palat from their time together with the Tampa Bay Lightning.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sad to see him leaving,” Devils defenceman Jonas Siegenthaler said. \u201cFor him, it\u2019s a new opportunity, and I hope he makes the best out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Captain Nico Hischier called it a very weird scene, sending off Palat while preparing to play a game. Siegenthaler said he and his teammates \u201ckind of got caught off guard\u201d by the move.<\/p>\n

The trade was being worked out before Palat could get dressed for warmups, and the Devils said the 34-year-old was being held out for roster-related reasons. It was announced during the first period.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s challenging,\u201d Keefe said. \u201cIt\u2019s not ideal. It happened so close to the game. … It\u2019s part of the deal. Got to press on and get ready for the game. That\u2019s just the reality of it. Got to be a pro in those moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Islanders made a second acquisition from an area team less than 24 hours after\u00a0getting defenceman Carson Soucy\u00a0from the Rangers on Monday night. They have shifted into contending mode in large part because of the stellar play of No. 1 pick Matthew Schaefer, who is the frontrunner to be the NHL\u2019s rookie of the year.<\/p>\n

The Devils have for several months been discussing trading Palat and defenseman Dougie Hamilton in an effort to clear cap space.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are two respected players,\u201d GM Tom Fitzgerald said on Jan. 14. \u201cThey\u2019re very respected in that locker room, and they will be treated with respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palat helped Tampa Bay win the Stanley Cup back-to-back in 2020 and \u201921 and is set to represent Czechia at the upcoming Milan Cortina Olympics. When New Jersey signed him to a $30 million contract as a free agent in 2022, it signalled the organization thought Palat could help take the next step.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody in here knows what Pally meant to this team, to this organization,\u201d Hischier said. \u201cHe\u2019s a guy that won it. He\u2019s a guy that taught us a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palat struggled to produce in recent months with the Devils, who rank 29th out of 32 teams in scoring. He has just 10 points on four goals and six assists through 51 games, but brings a championship pedigree and could be leaned on for his leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of that stuff doesn\u2019t show up on the score sheet,” Keefe said. \u201cI know he\u2019s given a hard time here because of that, but he\u2019s a tremendous person, a tremendous character, and for a team that\u2019s been trying to get there, he\u2019s a guy that\u2019s been there, done that and sets the example in lots of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tsyplakov, in addition to being younger, is also cheaper, counting $2.25 million against the cap through the end of the 2026-27 season. The Russian had been in and out of the Islanders’ lineup and has a goal and an assist in 27 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWARK, N.J. \u2014 Instead of suiting up for the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night, Ondrej Palat said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-437894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}