{"id":34791,"date":"2026-06-21T22:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T22:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/kraken-acquire-mackie-samoskevich-in-trade-with-panthers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T22:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T22:09:24","slug":"kraken-acquire-mackie-samoskevich-in-trade-with-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/kraken-acquire-mackie-samoskevich-in-trade-with-panthers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraken acquire Mackie Samoskevich in trade with Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Jun 21, 2026, 01:28 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>SEATTLE &#8212; The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"ca912ee8-d2a3-3e84-831e-1a0ca38e7c3f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/sea\/seattle-kraken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kraken<\/a> acquired young forward <a data-player-guid=\"94412326-0d00-3db1-8dab-ac7cfcd2141d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4874741\/mackie-samoskevich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mackie Samoskevich<\/a> from the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"195561c3-b7d9-935e-0623-8f0a00357080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/fla\/florida-panthers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Panthers<\/a> for the No. 25 pick in the NHL draft on Friday and a second-rounder next year, the teams announced Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Samoskevich is a 23-year-old with 64 points in 160 regular-season and playoff games who gives the Kraken a much-need infusion of talent after they missed the playoffs for the fourth time in their five years of existence. He is a restricted free agent who needs a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mackie is a talented young player who we are excited to bring into the fold,&#8221; Seattle general manager Jason Botterill said. &#8220;He has speed, skill and scoring ability. A Stanley Cup champion with the Panthers in 2025, Mackie&#8217;s a player who can contribute offensively and add a spark to our lineup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/49096432\/2026-nhl-draft-top-prospects-pipeline-team-needs-gaps-players\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2026\/0617\/r1674926_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Trading Samoskevich for picks clears space as the Panthers retool following a season that got derailed by injuries after they won the Stanley Cup back-to-back in 2024 and 2025. The 25th pick, a late first-rounder, originally belonged to rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/tb\/tampa-bay-lightning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa Bay<\/a>, while the second-round pick will be the higher of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/wpg\/winnipeg-jets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winnipeg<\/a>&#8216;s or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/cbj\/columbus-blue-jackets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbus<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>Samoskevich was the No. 24 pick in the 2021 draft who then played at Michigan alongside new Kraken teammate <a data-player-guid=\"05182013-0ba0-36b1-9f52-4070732ef9fd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4781552\/matty-beniers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matty Beniers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jun 21, 2026, 01:28 PM ET SEATTLE &#8212; The Kraken acquired young forward Mackie Samoskevich from the Panthers for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F1113%2Fr1414332_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-sports-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}