Tatar, 27, is tied for second on the Red Wings with 16 goals and ranks sixth on the team with 28 points (16-12-28). Tatar has spent parts of seven seasons playing for the Red Wings, compiling 222 points (115-107-222) in 407 games. The Ilava, Slovakia, native led Detroit in goals with 25 in 2016-17 during his third-consecutive 20-goal season. He also picked up seven points (3-4-7) in 17 postseason games with the team. Originally drafted in the second round (60th overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Tatar won a Calder Cup with the American Hockey League's Grand Rapids Griffins in 2013 and was named the playoffs' most-valuable player. He totaled 196 points (87-109-196) in 265 games with the Griffins from 2009-13. Internationally, Tatar has represented Slovakia at the 2009 and 2010 IIHF World Junior Championships (totaling 10-6-16 in 13 games), the 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2015 IIHF World Championships (totaling 8-9-17 in 29 games) and the 2014 Winter Olympics (picking up 1-1-2 in four games).
The deal gives Detroit up to 11 picks in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft: two picks in the first, second, third and sixth rounds; one pick in the fourth and seventh rounds; and one conditional fourth-round pick acquired last week from Philadelphia. Additionally, the team has up to 10 selections in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft: two picks in the second and fifth rounds; one pick in the first, third, fourth, sixth and seventh rounds; and a conditional third-round pick acquired last week from Philadelphia.
