Linus Ullmark’s run with the Boston Bruins has come to an end.
First reported by Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald, the Bruins traded Ullmark to the Ottawa Senators on Monday night. In exchange, the Bruins are receiving goalie Joonas Korpisalo and center Mark Kastelic and the 25th overall pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.
The #NHLBruins have acquired forward Mark Kastelic, goaltender Joonas Korpisalo, and a 2024 first-round draft pick (25th overall) from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for goaltender Linus Ullmark.
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— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) June 24, 2024
Korpisalo, 30, signed a five-year contract worth a total of $20 million as a free agent with the Senators last summer but disappointed during his one and only year in Ottawa. In 55 appearances, he compiled a record of 21-26-4 with a .890 save percentage and a 3.27 goals-against average. As part of the trade with the Bruins, the Senators will be retaining 25% of Korpisalo’s salary over the next four seasons, saving the Bruins $1 million in cap space. Kastelic, 25, played in 63 games for the Senators last season, totaling 10 points with five goals while averaging 7:43 of time on ice per game. Selected by Ottawa in the fifth round of the 2019 draft, the Arizona native made his NHL debut two years ago and has since played in is entering the final year of his current contract and will
After signing with the Bruins in the summer of 2021, Ullmark had spent the last three seasons in Boston, compiling a record of 88-26-10 with a .924 save percentage and a 2.28 goals-against average across 130 appearances. His tenure with the Bruins is highlighted by being the winner of the Vezina Trophy following the 2022-23 season.
It had been well-known for a number of months that the Bruins had Ullmark on the trading block, which proved difficult to execute with the goalie having a 15-team no-trade clause attached to his contract that expires at the end of next season.
The Bruins reportedly had multiple teams interested in acquiring the 30-year-old netminder early on, but those options had started to dwindle as recently as last week. In the end, it’s the Senators, Boston’s division rival, who were the last team standing in the Ullmark sweepstakes.
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