The Tampa Bay Lightning are acquiring forwards Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand from the Seattle Kraken for a package that includes two first-round picks, league sources said Wednesday.
Tampa Bay will send Seattle 2026 and 2027 first-round picks, a 2025 second-round pick (the Toronto Maple Leafs’ pick) and forward Michael Eyssimont. The Kraken will also send the Lightning a 2026 fifth-round pick.
Gourde, 33, previously played with the Lightning from 2015 to 2021, winning back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2020 and 2021. Gourde was selected by the Kraken in the 2021 expansion draft ahead of their inaugural season and has since spent parts of four seasons with Seattle.
He returned to the lineup Tuesday for the first time since Jan. 2 after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia.
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