The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenceman Chad Krys from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for forward Kurtis Gabriel.
TRADE: We’ve acquired defenceman Chad Krys from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for forward Kurtis Gabriel. #LeafsForever
Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) December 9, 2021
Krys, 23, has recorded 15 points in 64 American Hockey League games with the Rockford Icehogs, including one assist in eight contests this season. The Ridgefield, Connecticut native captured a bronze medal with the United States at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships.
Krys was chosen by Chicago in the second round, 45th overall, at the 2016 NHL Draft. He played at Boston College for three seasons after that, where he scored 20 goals and added 38 assists for 58 points in 105 games.
Since then, Krys, 23, has played entirely with the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL, scoring two goals and adding 13 assists for 15 points in 64 games over three-plus seasons.
The left-shooting defenceman measures in at five-foot-11 and 185 pounds.
Gabriel was a third-round pick, 81st overall, by the Minnesota Wild in 2013. The six-foot-four, 200-pound right winger had a goal and an assist for two points in 13 games with the Marlies this season. A native of Newmarket, Ont., Gabriel had two goals and three assists for five points in 49 career NHL games over parts of four seasons with the Wild, Devils and Sharks.
