The Brampton Steelheads have acquired Seattle Kraken prospect Carson Rehkopf from the Kitchener Rangers.
In exchange, the Rangers received 10 OHL Draft picks.
Rehkopf had an impressive 2023-24 season in the OHL, finishing second in goals with 52 and ninth in overall scoring with 95 points. He tied for the OHL lead with 16 power play goals and ranked sixth in shots with 258. Over 60 games, he maintained a 1.58 point-per-game average.
Drafted 17th overall in the 2021 OHL Draft, Rehkopf scored 100 goals and accumulated 187 points in 193 games with Kitchener. Internationally, the 19-year-old represented Canada at the 2024 World Juniors and won gold at the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Selected 50th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft, Rehkopf joins several other NHL prospects in Brampton, including Finn Harding (PITT), Jakub Fibigr (SEA), Ryerson Leenders (BUF), Steve Leskovar (MIN), Angus MacDonnell (DAL), and Luke Misa (CGY), as well as top 2025 NHL Draft prospects Jack Ivankovic and Porter Martone.
