Going into the draft, Utah owned three picks in the second round.
They traded away the first pick to Colorado in round one. Then, the club traded the No. 49 overall pick to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for John Marino.
In potentially the move of the draft, Utah traded away Conor Geekie, J.J. Moser, the 199th overall pick, and a 2025 second-round pick for star defenseman Mikhail Sergachev.
