The New Jersey Devils gained the lead Ben Steeves from the Florida Panthers in a forward swap Angus Crookshankpart of a five-player deal that also sends Evan Rodrigues again Jesper Boqvist New Jersey and goalkeeper Jacob Markstrom in Florida.
Steeves, a restricted free agent, was an AHL All-Star in 2025-26 as he led the Charlotte Checkers with 23 goals and 45 points while playing in all 72 games.
Undrafted out of the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Steeves signed as a free agent with Florida on March 25, 2024, and has compiled 34 goals and 41 assists for 75 points in 140 games with Charlotte. He also has four goals and four assists in 21 postseason games, helping the Checkers reach the Calder Cup Finals in 2025.
Crookshank scored a team-best 24 goals and totaled 346 points in 60 games for the AHL’s Utica Comets in 2025-26, while tallying one goal in eight NHL games with New Jersey.
A fifth-round pick by Ottawa in the 2018 NHL Draft, Crookshank appeared in 262 AHL games with Utica and Belleville, tallying 101 goals and 84 assists for 185 points. He is a four-time 20-goal scorer and was an AHL All-Star in 2024.
Crookshank has three goals and two assists in 29 NHL games with the Senators and Devils.
