The Carolina Hurricanes had a VERY busy first day of free agency, making two massive trades to acquire Brent Burns from the Sharks and Max Pacioretty from the Golden Knights. The Brent Burns trade came about after the Hurricanes flipped RFA defenseman Tony DeAngelo to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for a 2024 2nd, a 2023 3rd, and a 2022 4th round pick.
On day 1 of free agency, the Carolina Hurricanes sent forward Steven Lorentz, goalie Eetu Makiniemi, and a conditional 2023 3rd round pick in exchange for Brent Burns and forward Lane Pederson with San Jose retaining 33% of Burns’ salary.