Senators make it official. Theyve acquired defenceman Nikita Zaitsev, forward Connor Brown and forward Michael Carcone from the Toronto Maple Leafs for defenceman Cody Ceci, defenceman Ben Harpur, forward Aaron Luchuk and Columbus’ third-round selection in the 2020 Draft.
— John Shannon (@JSportsnet) July 1, 2019
John Shannon confirming the pieces involved in the trade.
How does Ottawa give up the pick here?
I get Ceci+Harpur aren’t good but damn, TOR is in a cap crunch and you knew that. You took Zaitsev @ 5 years and took Brown to help the cap issues.