Glass is traded for devils by penguins for Stillman, rights to Graham

Cody Glass was traded for New Jersey Devils by Pittsburgh Penguins Friday.

The devils also acquired Jonathan the gravel from Penguins for Forward Chase Stillman, unsigned View Max Graham and a third round of election in the 2027 NHL draft.

Glass had 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) in 51 games for the Penguins this season, his first with Pittsburgh after the 25-year-old center was traded there by Nashville-Predatives on August 13, 2024. Glass is in the last of a two-year-old, $ 5 million contract ($ 2.5 million average annual value), he signed with the predator on July 1, 2023. season that is $ 2.5 million dollars.

“It’s crazy,” Glass said on Saturday. “Some kind of expect from it, and then to be on a plane three hours later and from to Jersey is a little crazy, but at the same time I’m excited. It’s going to be a good option and we’re in a playoff hunt, so it’s nice. “

A first round of election (No. 6) of Vegas Golden Knights at the NHL draft 2017, Glass has 86 points (33 goals, 53 assists) in 238 games in regular season with Golden Knights, Predators and Penguins. He doesn’t have a point in the three Stanley Cup endgame.

The gravel, a defender, has 13 points (seven goals, six assists) in 42 games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton from the American Hockey League this season. He had a goal in 13 games for Pittsburgh last season.

Stillman was a first round of election (No. 29) by Devils at the NHL draft in 2021. Forward had nine points (three goals, six assists) in 46 games for Utica of the AHL this season.

Graham, 20, has 35 points (13 goals, 22 assists) for Kelowna from Western Hockey League. Forward was a fifth round election (No. 139) of the devils at the 2024 NHL draft.

The deal came after New Jersey (33-24-6), who is third in the Metropolitan Division, announced that Center Jack Hughes would miss the rest of the season after having shoulder surgery on Wednesday. Hughes was injured late in the third period of a 2-0 loss at Vegas on Sunday and is expected to be ready for training camp.

Penguin’s (24-30-10) tracks the Ottawa senators with nine points for the second wild in the eastern conference.

The devils also acquired Daniel Sprong from Seattle Kraken on Friday for a seventh round election in 2026 the NHL draft, defending Dennis Cholowski from New York Islanders for Forward Adam Beckman.

Defender Johnathan Kovacevic signed a five -year contract of $ 20 million ($ 4 million AAV).

Sprong, 27, had five points (two goals, three assists) in 19 games this season between Kraken and Vancouver Canucks. He has 164 points (87 goals, 77 assists) in 363 games in regular season with Penguins, Anaheim Ducks, Washington Capitals, Kraken, Detroit Red Wings, Canucks and Kraken and three points (one goal, two assists) in 13 playoff games.

“It’s exciting,” Sprong said on Saturday. “I know that the year hasn’t gone really as planned as I wanted to do with the last few years, (but) I get an opportunity here to prove a lot of things that I didn’t do at the beginning of the year, and just make a good first impression and try to bring my game and build on what these guys have done all year.”

Cholowski, 27, had 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in 33 games for the islanders this season. He has 40 points (13 goals, 27 assists) in 150 games with Red Wings, Kraken, capitals and islanders.

Nhl.com Senior Draft Writer Mike G. Morreal contributed to this report