Shayne Gostisbehere has been traded to contender!

We have another trade ahead of Friday’s deadline. According to insider Pierre LeBrun, the Carolina Hurricanes have reportedly acquired defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for a third round pick in 2026. 

Gostisbehere is under contract through the end of the 2022–23 season at a $4.5 million cap hit. The Coyotes are not retaining any salary in the transaction, per Seravalli, and the Hurricanes are now left with ~$2.6m in space which means they may be done shopping ahead of Friday's deadline. 

The Coyotes originally acquired the blue liner from the Philadelphia Flyers back on Jul. 22, 2021, also receiving a second-round pick and a seventh-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft to take on the final two years of Gostisbehere’s contract.

At first, the Canes were rumoured to be linked to Gostisbehere's now-former teammate Jakob Chychrun, but the price might have been too high on him.

Gostisbehere recently returned to action after missing nearly a month while recovering from an upper-body injury he sustained against the Anaheim Ducks back on Jan. 24.

In his second season with the Coyotes, Gostisbehere has 10 goals and 31 points in 52 games.