Canucks trade Daniel Sprong to Kraken for future considerations

The Vancouver Canucks have traded forward Daniel Sprong to the Seattle Kraken for future considerations.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman was first to report the news Friday night.

Sprong, 27, signed with the Canucks this off-season on a one-year, $975,000 contract after spending 2023-24 with the Detroit Red Wings.

In nine games with the Canucks, the right-shot winger has scored one goal and three points while registering a minus-two rating. He has averaged 11 minutes and 39 seconds of ice time per game.

A nine-year NHL veteran, Sprong has scored 86 goals in 353 games, spending time with six different teams. He previously played parts of two seasons with Seattle in 2021-22 and 2022-23.

The best year of his career came in his second season with the Kraken, when he scored 21 goals and totalled 46 points.

Sprong was originally a second-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2015 draft and has now been traded four times.