The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired defenseman Jake McCabe and forward Sam Lafferty in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Maple Leafs also get conditional fifth-round picks in 2024 and 2025.
The Blackhawks receive forwards Joey Anderson and Pavel Gogolev, a conditional 2025 first-round pick (protected for the top-10) and a 2026 second-round pick.
The Blackhawks will keep 50% of McCabe’s salary. He is in the second year of a four-year, US$16 million contract.
The 29-year-old McCabe has 20 points (two goals, 18 assists) in 55 games with the Blackhawks this season. McCabe, a second-round pick (44e overall) of the 2012 draft by Buffalo, had 119 points (24 goals, 95 assists) in 483 career games with the Sabers and Blackhawks
Lafferty, 27, had 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) in 51 games for the Blackhawks this season. He has 53 points (21 goals, 32 assists) in 191 career games with Pittsburgh and Chicago.
Anderson has two goals and one assist in 14 games for the Leafs this season, and has 14 goals and 13 assists in 30 games for the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.