BREAKING : Blackhawks Acquire Top Forward From Canucks

The Vancouver Canucks are trading F Anthony Beauvillier to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a 2024 fifth-round pick, according to multiple reports.

Chicago added $4M in additional cap space by placing F Corey Perry on waivers for the purpose of contract termination earlier today, Beauvillier being used to keep the Blackhawks above the cap.

Beauvillier, 26, is in the final year of a three-year contract with a $4.15M AAV. Beauvillier has 2 Goals and 8 Points in 22 Games for Vancouver this season, with a career 11 Goals, 17 Assists & 28 Points in 55 Games. Prior, Beauvillier spent his first 7 seasons with the New York Islanders, traded to Vancouver in the deal that sent Bo Horvat the other way.

Beauvillier has a career 512 NHL Games Played with the Islanders and Canucks, with 113 Goals, 124 Assists & 237 Points. Beauvillier was a first round pick of the Islanders in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, 28th Overall.