The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired forward Connor Dewar from the Minnesota Wild for forward Dmitry Ovchinnikov and a 2026 fourth-round draft pick, the teams announced Friday.
Dewar has spent the past two seasons as the Wild’s fourth-line centre.
This season, he has 10 goals and four assists in 57 games.
The 24-year-old forward has also been a key penalty killer for the Wild and has four shorthanded goals over the past two seasons.
Dewar is in the final year of a two-year, $1.6-million deal with a cap hit of $800,000. He is set to become a restricted free agent this summer.
It’s the third move the Maple Leafs made prior to the deadline in an attempt to bolster their roster for a playoff run. Dewar joins defencemen Joel Edmundson and Ilya Lyubushkin as new additions to Toronto’s team.
The Maple Leafs announced that Ovchinnikov will remain with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies while on loan from the Wild.