Overview

• Victor Soderstrom, 24, was a first-round pick by the Arizona Coyotes who spent 2024-25 in Sweden and won the SHL’s defenseman of the year award.
• Chicago acquired Soderstrom’s rights in March alongside Shea Weber’s contract and chose not to guarantee him a roster spot given a surplus of young defenders.
• The Hawks received 22-year-old prospect defenseman Ryan Mast and the 197th overall pick in the 2025 draft in exchange for Soderstrom’s rights.
• Mast, a former sixth-round pick, recorded five points in 37 AHL games last season and has one year left on his entry-level contract.
• Boston views Soderstrom as a ready-made NHL option to bolster its thinner defensive pipeline.