TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired forward Lukas Svejkovsky from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for forward Bennett MacArthur, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced today.
Svejkovsky, 22, played in 30 games with the Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League last season, scoring 16 goals and 37 points. The 5-foot-10, 165-pound forward also played in 19 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League and had two goals and four points. He was originally selected by Pittsburgh in the fourth round, 108th overall, in the 2020 NHL Draft.