Canes Acquire David Kase From Philadelphia

RALEIGH, NC. - Don Waddell, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has acquired forward David Kase from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for forward Massimo Rizzo and a fifth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.

"David is an intelligent forward who competes hard on both ends of the ice and will add to our organizational depth," said Waddell.

Kase, 26, has spent the past two seasons with HC Sparta Prague of the Extraliga, registering 37 points (10g, 27a) in 68 games in Czechia's top professional league. He has earned 73 points (20g, 53a) in 157 career Extraliga games with HC Sparta Prague, HC Energie Karlovy Vary and Pirati Chomutov. The 5'11", 170-pound forward appeared in seven NHL games with Philadelphia from 2019-21, scoring one goal. Kase also spent parts of three seasons in the American Hockey League, tallying 51 points (18g, 33a) in 110 appearances with Lehigh Valley from 2018-21. The Kadan, Czechia, native represented his home country at three IIHF World Junior Championships (2015, 2016, 2017) and captained Czechia to a silver medal at the IIHF Under-18 World Championship in 2014. He was selected by the Flyers in the fifth round, 128th overall, of the 2015 NHL Draft. David's older brother, Ondrej, skated in one game with Carolina in 2022-23.

Rizzo, 22, was selected by the Hurricanes in the seventh round, 216th overall, of the 2019 NHL Draft. He has posted 82 points (29g, 53a) in 77 collegiate games at Denver over the past two seasons.