"Nick has been a quality, veteran teammate on and off the ice during his time in San Jose," said Grier. "He deserves the opportunity to play in the Playoffs and we're pleased we can place him in familiar surroundings and acquire assets that can help our organization in the future."
The trade involves three separate transactions:
• San Jose trades Bonino and their 2024 fifth-round draft selection to Montreal in exchange for the rights to Arvid Henriksson.
• San Jose trades defenseman Tony Sund to Pittsburgh in exchange for Pittsburgh's conditional 2024 fifth-round draft selection and Pittsburgh's 2023 seventh-round draft selection. The conditional 2024 fifth-round selection will become a 2024 fourth-round selection if Pittsburgh advances to the 2023 Eastern Conference Final.
• Montreal trades Bonino to Pittsburgh in exchange for Sund and will retain 50% of Bonino's salary.
Henrikson, 25, is in his senior year at Lake Superior State University, where he has played in 29 games this season with one assist and 36 penalty minutes. The six-foot-five, 212-pound defenseman was originally drafted by the Montreal Canadians in the seventh round (187th overall) in the 2016 NHL Draft.
Sund, 27, appeared in 40 games for Rogle BK in the Swedish Hockey League recording nine points (one goal, eight assists) and 14 PIM. Sund has played in 85 career SHL games, scoring 25 points (seven goals, 18 assists). Sund was originally signed by San Jose as a free agent on May 10, 2019.
