The Winnipeg Jets are reportedly bringing back a familiar face.

The Seattle Kraken have traded forward Mason Appleton to the Jets in exchange for a 2023 fourth-round pick, according to The Athletic's Ryan S. Clark.

Seattle selected Appleton from the Jets' roster during the expansion draft in July. The 26-year-old has six goals and 11 assists in 49 games this season.

A sixth-round pick by Winnipeg in 2015, Appleton has 43 points in 138 career games as a Jet. He can become an arbitration-eligible restricted free agent this offseason after playing out the final term of a two-year, $1.8-million deal.

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The Minnesota Wild are trading the rights to forward Jack McBain to the Arizona Coyotes for a 2022 second-round pick, reports Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli.

The draft pick originally belonged to the Vancouver Canucks. The Coyotes still have four second-rounders in the upcoming draft.

McBain was a third-round pick by the Wild in 2018. However, he didn't intend to sign an entry-level contract with the team and would've become an unrestricted free agent instead. He just finished his NCAA career at Boston College, where he produced 19 goals and 14 assists in 24 games during his senior year.

The 22-year-old also represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics. He tallied a goal and an assist in four games at the tournament.

McBain, a natural center, stands at 6-foot-4 and 208 pounds. The rebuilding Coyotes can likely offer him a faster track to the NHL than most teams.

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The Ottawa Senators have traded winger Nick Paul to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for forward Mathieu Joseph and a 2024 fourth-round pick, the team announced Sunday.

Ottawa will retain 44.5% of Paul's remaining salary in 2021-22.

Paul, 27, carries a cap hit of $1.35 million and is a pending unrestricted free agent. He has 11 goals and seven assists in 59 contests so far this season.

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Mark Giordano is headed home.

The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired the veteran defenseman, as well as forward Colin Blackwell, from the Seattle Kraken in exchange for two second-round picks and a third-rounder, the team announced Sunday.

Seattle is retaining 50% of Giordano's $6.75-million cap hit. The Toronto native will be an unrestricted free agent at season's end.

The second-rounders are in 2022 and 2023, while the third-round pick is in 2024.

Giordano has recorded six goals and 17 assists in 55 games while averaging 21:29 of ice time per contest with the Kraken in 2021-22. The 38-year-old's offensive game has declined with age, but he's still posting elite defensive metrics this campaign.

Giordano spent the first 15 years of his career with the Calgary Flames before the Kraken selected him in the expansion draft. He won the Norris Trophy in 2018-19 while playing alongside current Leafs blue-liner T.J. Brodie. If Toronto plans to reunite the pair, its blue line could look something like this at full health:

*Currently injured

Blackwell, meanwhile, has tallied eight goals and nine assists in 39 games in a bottom-six role for the Kraken. The 5-foot-9, 190-pound winger has played in 119 career NHL games between the Nashville Predators, New York Rangers, and Seattle, registering 49 points. He's posted solid underlying numbers over the past three seasons.

The 28-year-old carries a cap hit of $725,000 and will be a UFA at the end of the campaign. He projects to slot in on Toronto's fourth line.

The Maple Leafs cleared cap space to facilitate this deal by waiving Petr Mrazek and trading Travis Dermott to the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded defenseman Travis Dermott to the Vancouver Canucks for a 2022 third-round pick, the team announced Sunday.

The pick originally belonged to the Winnipeg Jets.

Dermott has five points in 43 games while averaging 14:43 of ice time per contest this season. The 34th overall pick of the 2015 draft fell out of favor with the Maple Leafs and has been a healthy scratch multiple times in 2021-22.

The 25-year-old is signed through 2022-23 at a $1.5-million cap hit.

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