Bruins trade Ullmark to Senators for Korpisalo, Kastelic, 2024 first-round pick
Just minutes prior to the start of Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, a big-name NHLer was traded.
The Boston Bruins have announced that goaltender Linus Ullmark was traded for goaltender Jonas Korpisalo, veteran Mark Kastelic and the 25th overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft.
Trade details:
To #GoSensGo: G Linus Ullmark
To #NHLBruins: G Joonas Korpisalo (25% retained), 25th overall pick (originally belonged to BOS) and Mark Kastelic.
First on the deal materializing: @conroyherald.
The pick was originally Boston’s, but the Bruins moved it to Detroit in the deal that sent Tyler Bertuzzi back the other way in 2023. The pick was then part of the deal that saw DeBrincat go from Ottawa to Detroit. The Senators will retain 25 percent of Korpisalo’s $4 million cap hit, with the team paying him $1 million per season until 2028.
Ullmark, 30, won the Vezina Trophy in 2022-23 after his second year with the Bruins. Drafted 163rd overall by the Buffalo Sabres in 2012, Ullmark spent the first six years of his career there before signing a four-year deal with the Bruins in 2021.
The deal included a no-movement clause for two years and a modified no-trade clause, which Ullmark had to waive in order to be traded.
Ullmark shared the net with Jeremy Swayman for the past two years, but Swayman appeared to be Boston’s goalie of the future. Ullmark was still a big part of Boston’s regular season, boasting a 22-10-7 record with two shutouts last year.
But nothing beats his incredible run in 2022-23, marking one of the best seasons by a goaltender in recent memory. He went 40-6-1 with a .938 save percentage, earning him a Vezina and the Jennings Trophy for the first time in his career. The Swedish keeper also scored his first NHL goal on Feb. 25, 2023.
Ullmark will be the starting goalie for Ottawa, working alongside Anton Forsberg on a team that fell short of expectations this season.
Korpisalo will serve as Swayman’s backup next year, hoping to bounce back after a difficult 21-26-4 run with a .890 save percentage in Ottawa. It was the first year of a five-season pact with the Sens with an AAV of $4 million. Kastelic, meanwhile, had five goals and 10 points in 63 games with Ottawa in his third NHL season. Known for his 6-foot-4 frame and his work in the faceoff dot, Kastelic has an AAV of $835,000 for another year.