Alex Galchenyuk again changes teams.
The Colorado Avalanche traded him to the Nashville Predators for fellow forward Ryan Johansen on Saturday.
The Predators are keeping half of Johansen’s salary, whose eight-year, $64 million contract ($8 million a year average) expires after the 2024-25 season.
The former Montreal Canadiens were acquired by the Avalanche on November 28, 2022 and played just 11 games with the team. He didn’t collect a single point during his stay in Denver.
Galchenyuk spent most of last season with the American League’s Colorado Eagles. In as many games, he collected 42 points (16 goals, 26 assists). He then picked up three points in seven playoff games.
The 29-year-old American, who was selected third overall in the 2012 draft, will be on his ninth team in the NHL.
After six years with CH, Galchenyuk was traded to the Arizona Coyotes on June 15, 2018, replacing forward Max Domi. After leaving Montreal, he never stayed with the same team for more than a season.
The following year, the Pittsburgh Penguins tried their luck again, but the experience didn’t last long. Just seven months later, he was traded to the Minnesota Wild. He only played 14 games with the team in 2019–20, then eight with the Ottawa Senators and 26 with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2020–2021. Before joining the Avalanche, he was unsuccessful again with the Coyotes in 2021-22.
Galchenyuk has 354 points in 654 NHL games.
For his part, Johansen picked up 28 points in 55 games last year, his eighth in Nashville. Since the beginning of his career, he has accumulated 555 points in 842 games.