- Senators land two-time Cup champ Andre Burakovsky from Chicago for a 2027 sixth-round pick
- Burakovsky put up 33 points in 75 games with the Blackhawks last season
- Read below for the Burakovsky family’s long history with the Ottawa franchise
Ottawa keeps adding to its forward group.
The Senators acquired Andre Burakovsky from the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday for a sixth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft. Chicago takes a late selection two years out, and Ottawa lands a veteran winger with a Cup pedigree.
Senators GM Steve Staios kept it short when he explained the move:
“Andre adds skill and playmaking ability to our forward group,” Staios said. “We are happy to add the pedigree of a two-time Stanley Cup champion.”
Burakovsky put up 33 points (11 goals, 22 assists) in 75 games with the Blackhawks last season. That was his only year in Chicago after the Hawks grabbed him from Seattle last June. He spent a good chunk of the season skating with Connor Bedard, a pairing that never quite clicked the way either side hoped.
He’s heading into the final season of a five-year, $27.5 million deal he signed with the Kraken back in 2022. His cap hit sits at $5.5 million, and he can reach unrestricted free agency next summer.
Washington took Burakovsky 23rd overall in 2013. He has bounced around since, racking up 420 points in 771 regular-season games across stops with the Capitals, Avalanche, Kraken and Blackhawks.
His hardware is the real headline though. He won it all with Washington in 2018 and again with Colorado in 2022, and he owns 47 points in 93 playoff games.
There’s a family angle here too. Burakovsky’s father, Robert, was the first Swedish player to ever suit up for the Senators, back on October 6, 1993. More than three decades later, his son pulls on the same sweater.
Friday wasn’t a one-move day for Ottawa. The Senators also picked up goalie Samuel Ersson from Toronto for a fifth-round pick, more work in an offseason that already saw them trade captain Brady Tkachuk to Florida.
