Foegele traded to Senators by Kings for 2nd-round pick

Warren Foegele was traded to the Ottawa Senators by the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.

Los Angeles received a second-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft for the 29-year-old forward. The teams also swapped conditional third-round picks in the 2026 draft.

Foegele has nine points (seven goals, two assists) in 47 games for the Kings this season. He has one season remaining on a three-year, $10.5 million contract (average annual value of $3.5 million) he signed with the Kings on July 1, 2024.

It will be a homecoming of sorts for Foegele, who is from Markham, Ontario.

"It's pretty great, being closer to home, just a few hours away," he said Saturday. "And family and friends don't have to stay up too late on the on the West Coast time. So,everyone in the family is pretty excited for this.

"There's five guys I think I knew before coming here. So that makes the transition huge, knowing guys, and they've been great. I went to dinner with them last night, met some new faces, and everyone's been great so far since I've been here."

Selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the third round (No. 67) of the 2014 NH"There's five guys I think I knew before coming here. So that makes the transition huge, knowing guys, and they've been great. I went to dinner with them last night, met some new faces, and everyone's been great so far since I've been here."

L Draft, Foegele has 218 points (111 goals, 107 assists) in 560 regular-season games for the Hurricanes, Edmonton Oilers and Kings. He also has 27 points (13 goals, 14 assists) in 86 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

The Senators (30-22-9) are sixth in the Atlantic Division, four points behind the Boston Bruins for the second wild card from the Eastern Conference. 

"My whole career, I've made the playoffs," Foegele said, "and this team reminds me a lot of my first year in Carolina. We were just scratching to get into the playoffs, and I think we got in in game 81 and ended up going to the Eastern Conference Finals. So all you've got to do is get into the dance. So I'm happy to be here, work hard with these guys, and let's get to the dance."

The Kings (25-22-14) are tied for fifth in the Pacific Division with the San Jose Sharks, three points behind the Seattle Kraken for the second wild card from the Western Conference.

"I loved my time in L.A., just a great group of guys there," Foegele said. "Had a lot of fun with those guys, so obviously going to miss them. But then I'm super excited for this new opportunity."

NHL.com independent correspondent Darren Brown contributed to this report