Avalanche acquire Lindgren, Vesey from Rangers for Parssinen, de Haan

The Colorado Avalanche are doing some early pre-trade deadline shopping.

The Avalanche are acquiring defenceman Ryan Lindgren, forward Jimmy Vesey, and the rights to defenceman Hank Kempf from the New York Rangers in exchange for a package that includes Juuso Parssinen, Calvin de Haan plus a second-and fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports that the second-round pick Colorado is sending will be the better pick between the Hurricanes or Rangers and the fourth-rounder will be the better pick between the Avalanche or Canucks.

The Rangers are also retaining 50 per cent of Lindgren’s salary as part of the trade. Lindgren was in the final year of a one-year, $4.5 million deal.

Lindgren, 27, is in his seventh NHL season and has scored 19 points while logging 19:56 of ice time per game for the Rangers. Originally drafted by the Boston Bruins in 2016, the left-shot D-man was traded to New York as part of a package for Rick Nash in 2018 and made his debut in the Big Apple in the 2018-19 season.

Vesey, meanwhile, will make Colorado his sixth NHL franchise. The 31-year-old left-winger has four goals and six points in 33 games with the Rangers this season.

Parssinen was acquired by the Avalanche from the Nashville Predators in December alongside a 2026 seventh-round pick for a 2027 third-rounder and Ondrej Pavel.

The 24-year-old has four goals and 11 points over 37 games between both stops.

de Haan will join Parssinen on the way to the Rangers. The 33-year-old is in the middle of his 13th NHL season. He has seven points in 44 games while averaging 14:55 of ice time.