Winnipeg Jets prospect Kieron Walton traded from Sudbury to Peterborough in OHL blockbuster

The Sudbury Wolves have traded Walton and a 2026 seventh-round pick to the Peterborough Petes in exchange for defenseman Genc Ula, three third-round picks (2026, 2027, 2029), a 2029 second-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick.

Full trading details:

Peterborough receives:

Sudbury receives:

• Genc Ula (D)

• Steelheads 2026 third round pick

• Bulldogs 2027 third round pick

• Petes 2027 fifth round pick

• Petes 2029 second round pick

• Generals 2029 third round pick

The 19-year-old Walton is in his fourth and final OHL season and spent his entire junior career with Sudbury prior to the deal. In 33 games this season, he scored 24 goals and 28 assists, good for 52 points. The 6-foot-1 winger scored a total of 88 goals and 203 points in 210 career games with the Wolves.

He also had a brief stint with the Manitoba Moose during the 2024-25 season, appearing in four AHL games and recording one assist while posting a plus-1 rating.

Walton was selected 187th overall by the Jets in the sixth round of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft and has yet to make his NHL debut.

Similar to Niagara’s move to He, Sudbury decided to send a top forward to a contender in exchange for future assets. The deal boosts Peterborough’s chances of making a deep play-off run in the hunt for the Ross Robertson Cup and possibly a Memorial Cup championship.