Young Devils add veteran Toffoli in draft-eve deal with Flames

Tyler Toffoli celebrates during the third period of an NHL hockey game between the Calgary Flames and the Vegas Golden Knights in Las Vegas on March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

NEWARK, N.J. -

The up-and-coming New Jersey Devils have acquired veteran forward Tyler Toffoli from the Calgary Flames for forward Yegor Sharangovich and a draft pick they recently acquired in a deal with Columbus.

Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the trade Tuesday evening, a day before the NHL entry draft in Nashville, Tenn.

The Devils will give the Flames the third-round pick they got from the Blue Jackets in the sign-and-trade deal that sent defenceman Damon Severson to Columbus.

Toffoli is entering the final year of a four-year deal he signed with Montreal. He carries a $4.5-million cap hit. Sharangovich was set to become a restricted free agent.

Toffoli is coming off a career year, with 34 goals, 39 assists and 73 points, with points and goals being his best. His 10 power-play goals were a career-best. The 31-year-old has 227 goals and 239 assists in 733 regular-season contests with Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary.

He helped Los Angeles win its second Stanley Cup championship in 2014. He also appeared in a Cup final with Montreal in 2020-21.

Sharangovich was New Jersey’s fifth-round selection in 2018. In three seasons from 2020-21 to 2022-23, he appeared in 205 games, scoring 53 goals and 53 assists.