One of the biggest blockbuster trades in recent memory happened on Aug. 6, 2023, when the Pittsburgh Penguins acquired three-time Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson from the San Jose Sharks in a three-team deal that involved 12 players.
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Fast forward two years later, and one of the players acquired by the Penguins in that trade has signed with a different organization.
On Tuesday, forward Dillon Hamaliuk signed with the Fort Wayne Komets, which is the ECHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers. During the 2024-25 season, the 24-year-old Hamaliuk suited up for both Nove Zamky Mikron HC in Slovakia and the Florida Everblades of the ECHL - affiliate of the St. Louis Blues - totaling eight goals, 17 points, and 44 penalty minutes in 42 total games.
Drafted 55th overall by the Sharks in 2019, the 6-foot-4, 205-pound forward spent the 2023-24 season in the Penguins' organization. In 35 games with the Wheeling Nailers - Pittsburgh's ECHL affiliate - he registered 15 goals and 39 points, and he put up one point in eight AHL games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Hamaliuk won a WHL championship with the Seattle Thunderbirds in 2017.
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