Avalanche and Devils pull off trade a week before deadline!

The New Jersey Devils have just announced that they have acquired Kurtis MacDermid from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft and prospect forward Zakhar Bardakov.

 To accommodate the roster spot, New Jersey has assigned forward Brian Halonen to Utica (AHL).

In 29 games with the Avalanche, MacDermid recorded two goals, a +3 plus/minus rating and 23 PIM. He’s seen action at both forward and defense during his time with Colorado, where he landed in a trade with the Seattle Kraken on July 27, 2021, playing in 131 career regular-season games for Colorado.

He definitely adds some size to the Devils' roster!

Before his time with Seattle and Colorado, MacDermid played in parts of four seasons with the Los Angeles Kings from 2017-18 to 2020-21. He totaled 118 career regular-season games with Los Angeles logging a career-high eight points (3g-5a) in 2019-20. The Kings signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2012. His father, Paul, played in 690 career NHL games for the Hartford Whalers, Winnipeg Jets, Washington Capitals, and Quebec Nordiques. His older brother, Lane, also played for the Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, and Dallas Stars.

As for Bardakov, he was New Jersey’s seventh-round choice, 203rd overall in the 2021 NHL Draft.

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