{"id":737647,"date":"2026-07-01T21:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/737647\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:20:08","slug":"lightning-acquire-goaltender-dennis-hildeby-draft-picks-from-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/737647\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning acquire goaltender Dennis Hildeby, draft picks from Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA BAY \u2013\u00a0The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired goaltender Dennis Hildeby, along with a fourth-round pick in 2027 and a third-round pick in 2028 from the Toronto Maple Leafs today in exchange for forward Nick Paul, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hildeby, 24, played in 20 games with the Maple Leafs last season, recording a 5-7-4 record with a 2.86 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage. He led all Toronto goaltenders with 20 or more games played for goals-against average and save percentage. Hildeby also skated in 23 games for the Toronto Marlies of the AHL last season, posting a 10-8-5 record with a 2.71 GAA and .898 save percentage. He also saw action in three Calder Cup playoff games, where he earned a 2.17 GAA and .921 save percentage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Jarfalla, Sweden native has played in 26 career NHL games, all with Toronto, posting an 8-10-4 record with a 2.98 GAA and .906 save percentage. Hildeby has also played in 96 career AHL games, all with the Marlies, registering a 47-29-16 record with a 2.57 GAA and a .906 save percentage with six shutouts. He additionally skated in eight Calder Cup Playoff games from 2023-2026, earning a 2.87 GAA and .903 save percentage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hildeby was drafted by Toronto in the fourth round, 122ndoverall, of the 2022 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA BAY \u2013\u00a0The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired goaltender Dennis Hildeby, along with a fourth-round pick in 2027&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-737647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}