The Columbus Blue Jackets have agreed to a trade to acquire forward Conor Garland from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a second- and a third-round draft pick, according to TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun.
The deal is pending a trade call.
Pending trade call, Connor Garland is being traded to Columbus in exchange for a 2nd RD pick and 3rd RD pick
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) March 6, 2026
The third-round pick is in the 2026 draft, while the second-round pick is in 2028.
Columbus currently sits one point behind the Boston Bruins for the second Wild Card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
The 29-year-old Garland has seven goals and 19 assists over 50 games for the last-place Canucks in 2025-26, his sixth season in Vancouver and ninth in the NHL.
The 5-foot-10 winger is in the final season of an eight-year, $36 million contract that carries a cap hit of $6 million. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.
Drafted 123rd overall by the Arizona Coyotes, Garland has 129 goals and 317 points in 535 career games split between the Coyotes and Canucks.
His best season came during the 2021-22 campaign when he registered 19 goals and 52 points in 77 games with the Canucks.
The Scituate, Mass., native has represented the United States three times at the World Hockey Championships, winning gold in 2025 and bronze in 2021.
