Trent Swick

November 2026 – Swick enters the season as an AHL rookie with the Henderson Silver Knights. After an OHL career seeing the 6-7 forward score 65 goals over 203 games with a 0.72 points-per-game clip, he has begun his acclimation to professional hockey.

Last season he skated 67 games with the Tahoe Knight Monsters of the ECHL, scoring 25 goals and 50 points in 67 games, bringing 83 PIMs into his totals as well. Through his first seven AHL games, he has registered a goal and has behaved himself quite well with only six penalty minutes.

Seeing a late-round pick like Swick (6th round, 180th overall in 2024) gain in proximity to the NHL is what makes deep dynasty leagues so rewarding. Watching the towering forward put up solid scoring numbers in junior for his archetype, and then transition strongly to a professional league- albeit the ECHL- as a rookie is good to see as well.

Fantasy managers should temper expectations accordingly, as with each step up the ranks, the competition gets stiffer, and the potential roles dry up. A player like Swick is destined for a bottom six role with defensive responsibility and limited prime offensive deployment. The hope is of course that his offensive instincts and acumen he showed at the lower levels help to allow him to stick in the NHL if given that bottom-six audition. Pencil Swick in as a bottom-six, likely fourth line winger who could provide decent enough offense among peripheral plays in deep, category based dynasty leagues. He still needs to show he can carry the load at the AHL this season, so nothings a sure thing yet. Alex Wyatt

August 2025 – Players of Swick’s 6-6, 207 lb stature are common picks late in drafts when team’s are swinging for attributes or unitasker type players, and perhaps that is what the Vegas Golden Knights were looking at when they took him 180th overall in last year’s draft.

He did however complete his 2023-2024 campaign with Kitchener of the OHL with a 25 goal, 37 assist effort, and followed it up in his D+1 campaign with 27 goals and 34 assists in 60 games in the most recent season.

Swick finished 44th in the OHL in points, and put pen to paper on his ELC with the Golden Knights. He will be off to Henderson of the AHL in the fall, and he will most likely be used for his size than for his scoring prowess, but a big man like him who has shown an ability to provide offense (eight points off leading the Rangers with seven fewer games played than the leader) could find a home in the NHL. Many teams have tried plunking a big man like Swick in front of the goalie on the power play, if his hands translate to the NHL level, that could very well be where we see him in years to come. Alex Wyatt

March 2025 – The Vegas Golden Knights signed Swick to a three-year entry-level contract on March 1, 2025. Mark Henry