BUFFALO, N.Y. \u2014 The Buffalo Sabres have agreed to a sign-and-trade deal to send veteran forward Alex Tuch to the Washington Capitals, the teams announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In order to make it happen, the Sabres first signed Tuch to an eight-year, $84 million contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sabres will receive a 2027 third-round pick and forward\u00a0David Kampf\u00a0in exchange for Tuch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is Washington’s second big addition in as many days after acquiring winger Jordan Kyrou from St. Louis for the No. 16 pick in the draft, prospect Milton Gastrin and forward Connor McMichael. It’s also Buffalo’s second subtraction from its roster after sending defenceman Bo Byram to Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also Wednesday, Nashville and Colorado made another swap, with the Predators getting Jack Drury, prospect Chase Bradley and a 2029 third-round pick for fellow forwards Zachary L\u2019Heureux and Fedor Svechkov. It’s the second trade between the teams since Chris MacFarland left his post as Avalanche general manager to take over control of the Preds’ hockey operations department in early June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJack Drury is a hard-working, reliable, full-sheet of the ice center who can handle the tough assignments while being elite in the faceoff circle,\u201d MacFarland said. \u201cHis addition to our forward group bolsters our depth in the middle of the ice, and we\u2019re thrilled to have him.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More moves are expected in the leadup to the first round of the draft Friday and with free agency on the horizon next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSunday, the ball started to roll and now everybody\u2019s on the treadmill,\u201d Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said on a call with reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s gone from a nice leisurely 2.5 walk (to) probably a 4.5 walk today and there\u2019ll probably be a 6 jog tomorrow and an 8 run on Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
San Jose GM Mike Grier, whose trading of young forward William Eklund to Ottawa for the No. 9 pick suggests the Sharks are not done dealing, observed that there is a lot of movement happening around the league. The salary cap is increasing to $104 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe cap’s going up: Teams have money to spend, for the most part, for the first time in a while,\u201d Grier said. \u201cOn top of that, I think free agent market, the free agent class, this year might not excite a lot of people, so I think that\u2019s leading to a lot trades and people being open to trying to improve their teams in different ways. There\u2019s some good players out there, but prices are high.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sign-and-trade option was all that was left for the Sabres to get anything in return for the 30-year-old Tuch, who was expected to be the top unrestricted free agent available if he hit the market July 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buffalo GM Jarmo Kekalainen said there had been no progress in contract talks with Tuch, who is coming off a season with 33 goals and 33 assists. The sign-and-trade allowed Tuch to get an eight-year deal, whereas he would have been limited to seven in free agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like Tuch, Kekalainen said there was no movement with Byram, who he said expressed no interest in wanting to remain with the Sabres after his current contract expired next summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kampf, 31, appeared in just two games with the Capitals last season. He played 38 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 2025-26, recording two goals and four assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong>Buffalo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 24, 2026 – 3:25 pm ET<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 24, 2026 – 3:25 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BUFFALO, N.Y. \u2014 The Buffalo Sabres have agreed to a sign-and-trade deal to send veteran forward Alex Tuch to the Washington Capitals, the teams announced Wednesday. In order to make it happen, the Sabres first signed Tuch to an eight-year, $84 million contract. The Sabres will receive a 2027 third-round pick and forward\u00a0David Kampf\u00a0in exchange for Tuch. It is Washington’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418333"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418336,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418333\/revisions\/418336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Acquire<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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