Photographs: Lucas Armstrong, Mark Nessia
The Edmonton Oilers have acquired heart Klim Kostin from the St. Louis Blues in alternate for defenseman Dmitri Samorukov.
Kostin, 23, collected 4 targets and 5 assists in 40 NHL video games with the Blues final season. He additionally had three targets and three assists in 17 regular-season video games with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds, and added 4 targets and 4 assists in 18 playoff video games to assist Springfield attain the Calder Cup Finals.
A primary-round selection (thirty first total) by St. Louis within the 2017 NHL Draft, Kostin has notched 5 targets and 6 assists for 11 factors in 46 profession NHL contests. He has additionally appeared in 198 AHL video games with Springfield and San Antonio, totaling 32 targets and 56 assists for 88 factors.
Samorukov, 23, made his NHL debut with the Oilers final season, showing in a single recreation. He additionally posted three targets and 15 assists together with a plus-16 score in 51 video games with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors.
Edmonton’s third-round choose within the 2017 NHL Draft, Samorukov has skated in 103 profession AHL video games with the Condors and has recorded 5 targets and 25 assists for 30 factors.
