The Seattle Kraken added one more piece to their roster picture just hours before dropping the puck on their season.
Seattle announced Thursday afternoon that it has completed a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers, sending center David Goyette to Philly in exchange for winger Devin Kaplan. Both players are 22 and have spent their careers in the minors so far.
Kaplan’s path to Seattle includes a brief NHL stop already. The New Jersey native was a third-round pick by the Flyers in the 2022 NHL Draft after playing at Boston University. He signed with Philadelphia in April 2025 and debuted two days later, skating a little more than 12 minutes in what remains his lone NHL appearance.
The 6-foot-2, 199-pound winger spent his first full pro season in 2025-26 with Lehigh Valley of the AHL, where he put up 13 points on five goals and eight assists in 49 games.
Goyette heads the other way after being selected by Seattle in the second round of the 2022 NHL Draft out of the OHL. Listed at 5-10 and 172 pounds, he has played the last four seasons with the Coachella Valley Firebirds, the Kraken’s AHL affiliate, and recorded 10 points on three goals and seven assists in 51 games last season.
Kaplan is expected to join the Firebirds, who open their AHL season on Friday.
For Seattle, the move came right before the start of an 84-game NHL schedule that begins Thursday night at 6 p.m. on the road against the Calgary Flames.
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