By Canadian Press

Winnipeg Jets trade defenceman Nathan Beaulieu to Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 21, 2022 | 8:39 AM

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have traded defenceman Nathan Beaulieu to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2022 NHL draft.

Currently on long-term injury reserve with a lower-body injury,  the 29-year-old had four assists in 24 games with the Jets in 2021-22.

Beaulieu is in the final season of a two-year contract that carries an annual average value of US$1.25 million.

The pending unrestricted free agent was originally selected 17th overall by the Montreal Canadiens at the 2011 draft.

Beaulieu has 12 goals and 94 points in 419 career games with Winnipeg, Montreal and the Buffalo Sabres. He’s added five assists in 21 playoff contests.

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The Jets made another move late Sunday, re-acquiring Mason Appleton from the Seattle Kraken for a fourth-round pick in 2023.

Winnipeg drafted the centre in the seventh round back in 2015, but lost him to Seattle in last summer’s expansion draft.

Appleton has six goals and 17 points in 49 games this season.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 22, 2022.

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