Coyotes send Wedgewood to Stars for 4th-round pick

The Arizona Coyotes traded goaltender Scott Wedgewood to the Dallas Stars in exchange for a conditional 2023 fourth-round pick, both teams announced Sunday.

If the Stars qualify for the playoffs this season, the Coyotes will instead receive a third-round pick in the 2023 draft.

Wedgewood, 29, holds a .909 save percentage and a 3.16 goals against average across 29 appearances this campaign. He's set to become an unrestricted free agent this offseason and carries a cap hit of $825,000.

"On behalf of the entire organization, we would like to thank Scott for everything he did for the Coyotes on and off the ice," Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong said. "He is the consummate professional and a class act, and we wish him the best of luck in the future."

The Coyotes claimed Wedgewood off waivers from the New Jersey Devils earlier this campaign, kicking off his second career stint in the desert. A third-round draft pick by the Devils in 2010, Wedgewood has a career .905 save percentage in 69 NHL games.

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