The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired ahead Michael Milne from the Minnesota Wild in alternate for ahead Boris Katchouk. Moreover, the Syracuse Crunch have acquired defenseman Wyatt Newpower from the Iowa Wild in alternate for future concerns.
Milne, 23, has skated in 15 AHL video games with Iowa this season, recording two targets and 5 factors. A 3rd-round choose by Minnesota within the 2022 NHL Draft, Milne has appeared in 172 profession AHL video games, all with Iowa, tallying 32 targets and 33 assists for 65 factors.
The native of Abbotsford, B.C., made his NHL debut with Minnesota final season, showing in a single sport.
Katchouk has 4 targets and 6 assists in 21 video games with Syracuse in 2025-26, together with skating in three NHL video games with the Lightning. The eighth-year professional has totaled 64 targets and 90 assists for 154 factors in 261 profession AHL video games with Syracuse, Rockford and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Katchouk, a second-round choose by Tampa Bay within the 2016 NHL Draft, has 15 targets and 21 assists in 179 profession NHL contests with the Lightning, Chicago Blackhawks and Ottawa Senators.
Newpower has appeared in 23 video games for Iowa this season, recording three assists.
A sixth-year professional from Hugo, Minn., Newpower has totaled 11 targets and 36 assists in 235 profession AHL contests with Iowa, Bridgeport, Grand Rapids and Cleveland.
