Golden Knights trade Stastny to Jets for Dahlstrom, 4th-rounder

The Winnipeg Jets are reuniting with one of their former centers, as the club acquired Paul Stastny from the Vegas Golden Knights for defenseman Carl Dahlstrom and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2022, the team announced Friday.

There's no salary retention in the deal, meaning the Jets will take on all of Stastny's $6.5-million cap hit, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun. Stastny has one season remaining on his current deal.

The Jets originally landed Stastny in a swap with the St. Louis Blues at the 2018 trade deadline. He clicked with star wingers Patrik Laine and Nikolaj Ehlers while helping Winnipeg reach the Western Conference Final, but the Golden Knights eliminated the Jets in that series.

The forward then signed with Vegas on the first day of free agency after that season and has played for the Golden Knights ever since.

Winnipeg has a need up the middle due to uncertainty about Bryan Little's future.