2:31 pm: The Ducks have made the trade official per a team announcement.
12:23 pm: The Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks are working on a trade that will send both Adam Henrique and Sam Carrick to Alberta. With the full trade details before either team has confirmed, David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period is reporting that Anaheim will acquire a 2024 first-round selection as well as a conditional 2025 fifth-round selection that can be upgraded to a fourth-round pick if the Oilers win the Stanley Cup.
Although the Ducks are already retaining 50% of Henrique’s salary in the deal, the Tampa Bay Lightning were also brought in to retain 25% of the salary as well, earning a conditional 2025 fourth-round pick from the Oilers in the process. Aside from Henrique and Carrick, Edmonton will also be acquiring Tampa Bay’s 2024 seventh-round selection and goaltender Ty Taylor, who is currently rostered on the Evansville Thunderbolts of the SPHL.
Further reporting has indicated that Anaheim will be retaining 50% of Carrick’s contract as well, bringing his total salary with Edmonton down to $425K for the remainder of the season. Because the Ducks retained money on both players, they no longer have any retention spots available for any remaining trades they may make leading up to the deadline.
With Henrique now in the mix, Edmonton will have the opportunity to get creative in their top six. Understandably, they will likely keep their first line together heading into the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs but now can move either Evander Kane or Mattias Janmark around the lineup to create a more balanced offensive approach. 
Speaking of balance, that is exactly what Henrique brings to the table for the Oilers as one of the more consistent two-way forwards in the NHL. Formidable offensively, Henrique has scored 18 goals and 42 points in 60 games for the Ducks this season but also boasts a 52.9% faceoff win rate.
Aside from helping out both offensively and defensively at even strength, Henrique should also be able to improve the Oilers’ pedestrian penalty-kill percentage this year. Centering Anaheim’s top penalty kill unit for much of his tenure in California, Henrique should be able to slide next to Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on the team’s top penalty kill unit or be the focal point of the team’s second unit.
Carrick, on the other hand, gives the Oilers an upgrade to a portion of the offensive unit they have been craving for much of the season. Experimenting with Connor Brown and Adam Erne on the team’s fourth line, Carrick gives Edmonton a more bona fide player to utilize in that role.
In 61 games for Anaheim this season, Carrick has scored eight goals and 11 points in total as well as throwing 137 hits against his opponents. Carrick has mostly played down the middle for the Ducks this season but does give the Oilers some flexibility to move Dylan Holloway to the wing on the bottom line.
With the inclusion of a first-round pick going to Anaheim in this deal, General Manager Pat Verbeek has added yet another top selection for the 2024 NHL Draft, with the Ducks now having seven total selections in the first three rounds of this upcoming summer’s draft. With 11 picks in total for 2024, the Ducks will now have added 20 new players to the organization via the draft in the last two years alone.
In Tampa Bay, even by retaining a total of $1.45MM of Henrique’s salary, they will still have plenty of cap maneuverability to make a big splash come deadline day. Essentially purchasing a later-round pick from the Oilers, the Lightning could use this extra draft selection as a sweetener of their own in a few days.
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TSN’s Pierre LeBrun was the first to report trade talks heating up between Edmonton and Anaheim.
The Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli was the first to report the trade had been completed.
TSN’s Chris Johnston was the first to report that draft picks would be headed to Anaheim.
Guessing the Canes did not think he was a difference maker at 2C
Not at that price, at least.
Rangers out. Honestly Henrique is solid but slow
Kings should stand pat b/c Rob put together a stellar roster.
Too funny
Unless they can dump PLD, there is no cap space! They will get Arvy, Kempe, Anderson & Grundstrom back in a couple of weeks for a full roster!
Henrique’s $5.825 million contract will be retained by a third party team in exchange for other assets.
It’s under a million with 50% retained the third team is probably giving the oilers a pick for carrick. This might push it to a first rounder.
Isn’t Henrique the Captain of the Ducks?
@buff he’s also a free agent. I would prefer to keep vatrano, Henrique and trade strome and Killorn but unfortunately they can’t move them because of the contracts. A late 1st isn’t the greatest but they can use some depth for offense, and hopefully they can draft a star.
Thinking its the Wings who will be that 3rd team to help offset salary cap issues as Stevie Y will come in to save his buddies Holland & Verbeek
Eric Stephens has now said it’s a first and fifth maybe the third team is giving salary and a player with a pulse and the fifth.
The 3rd party broker is the Lightning, who currently have 7.38M LTIR space.
If Oilers win the Cup in 2024: Ducks get 2025 4th, Lightning get 2026 4th
Else: Ducks get 2025 5th, Lightning get 2025 4th
Let’s see how this affects the Lightning being rumored as the frontrunner for Hanifin.
@ kingcong started as Henrique and carrick traded to unknown team, and the picks have been fluctuating. It’s pretty much a first and the conditional pick most likely won’t happen. The third team hasn’t been revealed did see it’s was just the ducks and oilers recently still getting it figured out.