The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded defenseman Travis Dermott to the Vancouver Canucks for a 2022 third-round pick, the team announced Sunday.
The pick originally belonged to the Winnipeg Jets.
Dermott has five points in 43 games while averaging 14:43 of ice time per contest this season. The 34th overall pick of the 2015 draft fell out of favor with the Maple Leafs and has been a healthy scratch multiple times in 2021-22. Toronto also needed to clear cap space to trade for Mark Giordano.
The 25-year-old has posted strong underlying numbers while playing sheltered, third-pairing minutes:
Travis Dermott is a very solid third pairing defenceman who can crush soft usage, but can't be trusted for much more than that.
— dom at the athletic (@domluszczyszyn) March 20, 2022
That's a great get for a third round pick... good thing Vancouver had an extra one lying around. pic.twitter.com/3yi9XtUDhu
Dermott is signed through 2022-23 at a $1.5-million cap hit.
The Canucks also traded Travis Hamonic to the Ottawa Senators on Sunday for a third-round pick. So essentially, Vancouver swapped Hamonic for Dermott - who's both younger and cheaper.
Here's how Vancouver's blue line projects after the deals:
| LD | RD |
|---|---|
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Tyler Myers |
| Quinn Hughes | Luke Schenn |
| Travis Dermott | Tucker Poolman* |
| Brad Hunt | Noah Juulsen |
*Currently injured
Dermott shoots left, but he spent most of the 2021-22 campaign playing on the right side with the Leafs.
