Defenceman Mark Friedman and forward Ty Glover were obtained by the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for defenseman Jack Rathbone and forward Karel Plasek on Tuesday.
Friedman, 27, split the 2022-23 season between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the AHL, registering a goal and two assists for three points in 23 NHL games. At the AHL level, the right-shot defenceman had one goal and five assists for six points in 24 games.
In 65 career NHL games with Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, the five-foot-11, 185-pound defenceman has four goals and eight assists for 12 points.
The Toronto native was drafted by the Flyers in the third round (86th overall), in the 2014 NHL Draft.
In 49 games with AHL affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton last season, Glover, 23, had seven goals and five assists for 12 points. Previously, the six-foot-three, 200-pound forward spent two seasons in the NCAA with Western Michigan University, where he had 13 goals and 19 assists for 32 points in 63 games.
The Salford, England, native was undrafted and signed with the Penguins as a free agent.
Rathbone, 24, spent the last four seasons in the Canucks organization. In two games this season with the Abbotsford Canucks of the AHL, he had one goal.
In 28 career NHL games, the five-foot-10, 177-pound defenceman had two goals and three assists for five points. In 86 career AHL games with Abbotsford and the Utica Comets, Rathbone has 18 goals and 46 assists for 64 points.
“It’s been a tough couple years for him in Vancouver not getting an opportunity,” Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin said Tuesday. “I felt (this) was a change of scenery for him. I respect him and he’s a good kid, so I wish him all the best.”
The Boston native played two seasons at Harvard University, registering 14 goals and 39 assists for 53 points in 61 games. Rathbone was drafted in the fourth round (95th overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft by the Canucks.
Plasek, 23, spent the 2022-23 season with HC Olomouc of Czechia, recording six goals and nine assists for 15 points in 31 games. In 142 career Czechia games with HC Olomouc and HC Kometa Brno, the six-foot, 181-pound forward has 17 goals and 20 assists for 37 points.
The native of Prerov, Czechia, represented his home country at two World Junior Championships, in 2019 and ’20, as well as the ’18 World Under-18 Junior Championship.
Plasek was drafted by the Canucks in the sixth round (175th overall) at the 2019 NHL Draft.