Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman is reporting that Lars Eller is heading to the Colorado Avalanche.
Hearing Lars Eller to the Avalanche
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 1, 2023
Pierre Lebrun is confirming the deal. He is also reporting the Capitals will get a 2nd round pick in return.
Caps get a 2025 second round pick in return for Eller https://t.co/hHzfU6elMt
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) March 1, 2023
Frank Seravelli is reporting the return will be a second round pick in 2025.
Trade details, per source:
To #Avs: C Lars Eller
To #caps: 2025 2nd Round PickFirst report by @FriedgeHNIC.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) March 1, 2023
UPDATE: The Capitals made it official at 1:40 PM:
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have acquired a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft from the Colorado Avalanche for forward Lars Eller, senior vice president and general manager Brian MacLellan announced today. The Capitals will retain 31 percent of Eller’s salary as part of the trade.
The Capitals own 22 total picks in the next three drafts. Washington currently has five picks in the 2023 NHL Draft, eight picks in the 2024 NHL Draft and nine picks in the 2025 NHL Draft. Washington owns their first, second, fourth, fifth and seventh-round picks in 2023; their first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh-round picks in 2024, as well as Boston’s third-round pick and Minnesota’s third-round pick in 2024; and their first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh-round picks in 2025, as well as Colorado’s second-round pick and Boston’s second-round pick in 2025.
Eller, 33, has recorded 16 points (7g, 9a) in 60 games with the Capitals this season. Eller, who won the Stanley Cup with the Capitals in 2018, has registered 364 points (160g, 204a) in 930 career games with Washington, Montreal and St. Louis.