The Los Angeles Kings traded forward Warren Foegele to the Ottawa Senators on Thursday in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft and a conditional third-round selection. The teams also swapped conditional third-round picks from the same draft. Foegele, a 29-year-old veteran, brings scoring depth to Ottawa's lineup.
Warren Foegele, 29, was acquired by the Ottawa Senators from the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. In return, the Kings received the Buffalo Sabres' second-round pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft, which Ottawa had obtained in a previous trade. The deal also involved an exchange of conditional third-round picks in the 2026 draft.
Under the conditions, Ottawa will receive the worse of the Kings' own third-round pick or the Dallas Stars' third-round pick in 2026, both acquired previously by Los Angeles. The Kings will get the better of Ottawa's own third-round pick or the Washington Capitals' third-round pick, also from prior trades. However, if neither Ottawa nor Washington qualifies for the 2026 NHL playoffs, Ottawa will instead send the worse of its own or Washington's third-round pick to Los Angeles.
Foegele has recorded nine points, including seven goals and two assists, in 47 games for the Kings this season. He signed a three-year, $10.5 million contract with an average annual value of $3.5 million on July 1, 2024, with one season remaining. Over his career, the Markham, Ontario native has amassed 218 points (111 goals, 107 assists) in 560 regular-season games with the Carolina Hurricanes, Edmonton Oilers, and Kings. In the playoffs, he has 27 points (13 goals, 14 assists) in 86 games, including a run to the 2024 Stanley Cup Final with Edmonton.
Drafted in the third round (No. 67) by Carolina in 2014, Foegele had his most productive season in 2024-25, scoring 24 goals and adding 22 assists for 46 points in 82 games with Los Angeles. At the junior level, he won an OHL playoff championship with the Erie Otters in 2017.
The Senators sit sixth in the Atlantic Division with a 29-22-9 record, six points behind the Boston Bruins for the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot. The Kings are sixth in the Pacific Division at 24-22-14, five points back of the Seattle Kraken for the Western Conference's second wild card.
