Toronto Traded Dispersal Picks to Las Vegas, Skipped Selection
NXTbets Pro | Published On: September 16, 2026
Toronto traded picks
Toronto made the clearest move of the dispersal draft, passing on a selection and trading its dispersal picks to Las Vegas so it could move up in next week’s entry draft. The club left the draft without adding a player, but it gained a different kind of value by shifting its assets to a later decision point. That move also helped shape a day in which the league’s 12 remaining franchises all made roster moves to improve their teams.
Las Vegas turned Toronto’s picks into a broad haul from the dispersal draft. The club used the No. 2 pick on Nick Damude, then kept working across the roster. It addressed every position group in its dispersal draft moves, giving the team additions across the roster instead of a single targeted fix. The club used the draft capital from Toronto across those position groups before the entry draft arrives next week.
Buffalo, Vancouver and Oshawa
Other clubs took a narrower approach and still found ways to improve. Buffalo added goalkeeper Zach Higgins and also brought in several forwards, giving the roster help in more than one area. The additions gave Buffalo coverage at the back and more options up front. Vancouver made one dispersal selection, Michael Sowers, and kept its draft business simple. Oshawa also made a single selection, taking Jeff Teat. Those three clubs showed that the same draft could serve different plans. One team could leave with multiple pieces. Another could identify one player and stop there. A third could make a single move and still come away with one player.
That variation was part of the value of the dispersal draft. It gave teams a chance to attack specific needs rather than chase volume for its own sake. Buffalo did that with Higgins and a group of forwards. Vancouver did it with Sowers. Oshawa did it with Teat. Those moves differed from Las Vegas’ broader set of additions, but each one gave its club another way to improve. The league’s 12 remaining franchises all made moves, and Buffalo, Vancouver and Oshawa each found a way to leave the board with a piece they wanted.
Saskatchewan added depth
Saskatchewan came out of the dispersal draft with a long list of additions. The club selected Jake Stevens, Sam Firth, Reed Kurtz, Connor Kearnan and Jaxon Fridge, then kept going after the draft by acquiring Holden Garlent in a post-draft trade. That gave Saskatchewan a busy day of roster building and extended its work beyond the original draft board. The team did not settle for one or two changes. It kept stacking moves and built out its group in a short span of time.
That sequence fit the broader shape of the draft. The dispersal process produced both targeted additions and broader roster building, while Toronto used its picks to move up in next week’s entry draft. The result was a busy reset before the entry draft.
