{"id":130995,"date":"2022-07-22T18:57:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T22:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=130995"},"modified":"2022-07-22T18:57:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T22:57:20","slug":"seattle-kraken-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/22\/seattle-kraken-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Kraken Trade For Columbus Blue Jackets Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oliver Bjorkstrand is involved in a trade. The firework show continues for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/bluejackets\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>. The team set the hockey world on fire when they managed to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/13\/report-johnny-gaudreau-contract-signed-leaves-calgary-flames\/\" target=\"_self\">sign Johnny Gaudreau<\/a>. The team has inked <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/22\/patrik-laine-signs-new-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Patrick Laine<\/a> to a four-year deal and has really solidified their forward group. Of course, this all comes at a price and that price is Oliver Bjorkstand. The Seattle Kraken trade for the winger, giving Columbus a 2023 third-round pick (via Calgary) and a fourth-round pick (via Winnipeg).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TRADE: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SeaKraken?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SeaKraken<\/a> have acquired Oliver Bjorkstrand\u00a0from Columbus in exchange for a 2023 third round pick (via Calgary) and a 2023 fourth round pick (via Winnipeg). <\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hDAYSHZq8R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/hDAYSHZq8R<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kfiye2q4x2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Kfiye2q4x2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeattleKraken\/status\/1550579755904221184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Seattle Kraken Trade for Oliver Bjorkstrand<\/h2>\n<p>This deal was all because of the cap space with the Blue Jackets. But this move should focus on the Seattle Kraken. General manager Ron Francis has continued to make moves to improve the club. It did not cost a ton and now the Kraken have begun building a solid little core.<\/p>\n<h3>The Player<\/h3>\n<p>Oliver Bjorkstrand has spent his entire career with the Blue Jackets. Oliver Bjorkstrand has been traded. He has gotten better with each passing season. In 56 games last season he tallied 44 points which was a career-high. This season he took off. In 82 games, he set a career-high in goals with 28 while also having 29 assists. He set a career-high in points with 57. He is a pending UFA in 2026-27 and carries a cap hit of $5.4 million per season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blue Jackets trade Oliver Bjorkstrand to Kraken for picks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hkrg4mY9dW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/hkrg4mY9dW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dQbaNbCRk8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dQbaNbCRk8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; theScore (@theScore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theScore\/status\/1550604714978562048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>How This Impacts The Kraken<\/h3>\n<p>This is a huge deal for the Kraken. They get to add another goal scorer to the group. The team has done well with drafting as they have two young centers for the long haul in Matthew Beniers and Shane Wright. The team also boasts a core that consists of Yanni Gourde, Jordan Eberle, Jaden Schwartz, and newly signed this offseason Andre Burakovsky.<\/p>\n<p>Things are looking better for the Kraken. If they can improve defensively and get better goaltending, the Kraken should be competitive in an open Pacific Division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oliver Bjorkstrand is involved in a trade. The firework show continues for the Columbus Blue Jackets. The team set the hockey world on fire when they managed to sign Johnny Gaudreau. The team has inked Patrick Laine to a four-year deal and has really solidified their forward group. Of course, this all comes at a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":131001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,11,34,5369],"tags":[1892,249,142,290,4269,3984,1770],"class_list":["post-130995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-bluejackets","category-news","category-seattle-kraken","tag-andre-burakovsky","tag-johnny-gaudreau","tag-jordan-eberle","tag-oliver-bjorkstrand","tag-patrick-laine","tag-shane-wright","tag-yanni-gourde"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}