Montreal and Nashville make a trade after facing each other
Nashville Predators of the NHL have acquired 25-year-old defenseman Jayden Struble from the Montreal Canadiens. Montreal receives a second-round pick in the 2027 draft in return.
The Nashville Predators have acquired 25-year-old defenseman Jayden Struble from the Montreal Canadiens, the National Hockey League (NHL), North America's top professional ice hockey league. Montreal gets a second-round pick in the 2027 draft in return. The draft is the annual procedure in which clubs select young players.
The trade came after the two teams played each other on Thursday. Nashville won the away game 5:2. Struble did not play in that match.
Struble's season so far
This season the defenseman has played three games and has not recorded a point. His average ice time is 12 minutes and 5 seconds, the lowest figure in his four seasons with Montreal.
Contract terms
This is the second season of a two-year contract that Struble signed in July 2025. The deal is worth 2.825 million dollars in total, and the player earns 1.4125 million dollars this season.
