Arizona also received a second-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft and a seventh-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.
The Coyotes did not have a 2021 first-round selection after they forfeited the No. 11 pick for violating the NHL Combine Testing Policy during the 2019-20 season.
Ekman-Larsson, a 30-year-old defenseman, has six seasons left on the eight-year, $66 million contract ($8.25 million average annual value) he signed with Arizona on July 1, 2018. He was captain the past three seasons.
It was reported Oct. 5, 2020, that Ekman-Larsson had a self-imposed deadline of Oct. 9 for the Coyotes to trade him, and the Canucks and Boston Bruins were on his list of teams he would play for. Ekman-Larsson, who had a no-move clause in his contract, told Swedish website Hockeysverige.se on Oct. 28 that he neither requested a trade nor wanted to leave Arizona.
Ekman-Larsson then scored 24 points (three goals, 21 assists) in 46 games for the Coyotes this season. Selected by Arizona with the No. 6 pick of the 2009 NHL Draft, he has scored 388 points (128 goals, 260 assists) in 769 regular-season NHL games and eight points (two goals, six assists) in 25 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
"Yeah, it's been crazy, but I'm super excited to be in Vancouver and super excited with] what's ahead of us," Ekman-Larsson said Saturday. "It's a little bit of a relief, too. We've been talking about this for a year now and kind of felt that we were running out of time last year. But at the same time I'm happy. I'm super excited about of the kind of new start and the fresh start with Vancouver.
"I always liked playing in Vancouver and really liked the group of guys that we have here. So I'm super excited about that and hopefully I'll be able to help out the young guys."
The Coyotes will retain 12 percent of Ekman-Larsson's salary.
"Besides what he'll do on the ice for us -- he'll be a top-pairing guy, can play a lot of minutes, [power play and penalty kill
and a second-round pick in 2022 from the San Jose Sharks for goalie Adin Hill.
"As soon the season was over, we kind of figured out that with the flat [NHL salary] cap (of $81.5 million) happening that we might have a chance to acquire some picks, because of the amount of players leaving our team and us having the ability to take in some money from other teams, but I didn't think it would work quite that well," Armstrong said. "I thought it would generate maybe one deal, but we were able to generate a tremendous amount of picks, which as an organization we truly need, without really giving up that many good players, so it's been a huge two weeks for us."
NHL.com staff writer Tom Gulitti and NHL.com independent correspondents Alan Robinson and Kevin Woodley contributed to this report
