The Vancouver Canucks have traded goaltender Cory Schneider to the New Jersey Devils for junior hockey league centre Bo Horvat.
The trade gave the Canucks the ninth pick overall in the first round of the NHL draft on Sunday at the Prudential Center.
WATCH: Canucks trade Schneider to Devils
Schneider appears to be in line to be the eventual successor to Martin Brodeur in net.
He was pegged as the goalie of the future for the Canucks, but became up for grabs when the team was unable to dump high-priced goalie Roberto Luongo.
Schneider can now be groomed to take over for Brodeur, 41, one of the NHL’s all-time great goalies.
The move cements Luongo as the Canucks’ head goalie, whose status has been up-in-the-air after several lacklustre seasons. Schneider got more starts than Luongo this past season.
Horvat previously played for the London Knights in the Ontario Hockey League. He was ranked 15th overall by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau.
The Canucks also picked up Hunter Shinkaruk from Medicine Hat Tigers of the WHL.
With files from the Canadian Press
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