<p>The <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/winnipeg-jets/line-combinations">Winnipeg Jets </a>acquired forward Brandon Tanev from the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/seattle-kraken/line-combinations">Seattle Kraken </a>in exchange for a second-round pick in 2027, according to <a href="https://x.com/DarrenDreger/status/1898068100202877040"><em>TSN </em>reporter Darren Dreger</a>. </p>


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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brandon Tanev to Jets for a 2nd in 2027.</p>
<p>— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) <a href="https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1898068100202877040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Tanev has 17 points in 60 games in 2024-25, putting him at a pace of just under 25. It’s a modest production total, but Tanev is known more for his grit and work ethic. Tanev represented Canada at the 2024 World Championship, with the team falling short of a medal.</p>



<p>The 33-year-old is considered one of the best examples of an undrafted player carving out a solid NHL career. Tanev wasn’t drafted to the OHL, either, and ultimately took two years off from hockey after spending a year playing U-18 AAA. He would sign with the OJHL’s Markham Waxers in 2010-11 and put up just under a point per game. Two years later, he’d end up in college, where he began to show just how hard of a worker he could be.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="176"></div>



<p>Tanev spent his college tenure playing for Providence College, where he won a national championship in 2015. He signed with the<a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/winnipeg-jets/line-combinations"> </a>Jets in 2016, quickly earning a reputation as a tenacious forechecker and penalty killer. His speed, physicality and his personality on and off the ice – especially those crazy headshot pictures – quickly made him a popular figure.In 2019, Tanev joined the<a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/pittsburgh-penguins/line-combinations"> Pittsburgh Penguins</a>, where his role as a bottom-six forward solidified.</p>



<p>His work ethic and ability to get in opponents’ heads made him a bigger name than most bottom-six NHLers. In 2021, Tanev was later selected by Seattle at the NHL Expansion Draft, where he became one of the team’s most popular players. Despite suffering a significant ACL injury in the club’s first campaign, Tanev bounced back and set a career-best of 35 points in 2022-23.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="138"></div>
