Kraken acquire Tatar from Avalanche for 5th-round pick

The Seattle Kraken acquired forward Tomas Tatar from the Colorado Avalanche for a 2024 fifth-round pick, the teams announced Friday.

Tatar, 33, scored one goal and nine points in 27 games with the Avalanche. He signed a one-year contract worth $1.5 million with Colorado in September.

The Slovakian tallied 20 goals and 48 points last season with the New Jersey Devils, ranking fifth league-wide with a plus-41.

Tatar's played just 11:17 per game for the Avalanche, nearly four minutes less than last season's average with the Devils. He didn't score his first goal with Colorado until Monday against the Calgary Flames.

Tomas Tatar, acquired by SEA, is a veteran two-way winger. Didn't do a lot in his brief stint with the Avs. #SEAKraken pic.twitter.com/vBcysEubwF

- JFresh (@JFreshHockey) December 16, 2023

The Kraken placed winger Jaden Schwartz on long-term injured reserve earlier on Friday with an upper-body injury and are also without forward Andre Burakovsky.

Seattle has $4 million of cap space after the trade with Schwartz's $5.5-million cap hit on LTIR, per CapFriendly.

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