Lars Eller

The Washington Capitals have traded forward Lars Eller to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a 2025 second-round pick. Eller has seven goals and 16 ...

The Capitals are without a third-round pick in this year's draft, but have three in the 2024 draft. Selected 13th overall by the Blues in the 2007 NHL Draft, Eller has spent time with St. The team is also without a 2024 second-round pick but now have three in the second-round of the 2025 draft after Wednesday's trade.

Lars Eller, a consistent veteran presence for the Capitals over the past seven seasons, has been traded to the Avalanche for a 2025 second-round pick.

The Capitals also signed defenseman [Nick Jensen](https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3025608/nick-jensen) -- an irreplaceable member of the blue line -- to a three-year, $12.15 million extension Tuesday. [Dmitry Orlov](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5646/dmitry-orlov), [Garnet Hathaway](https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3149633/garnet-hathaway), [Erik Gustafsson](https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3891922/erik-gustafsson) and [Marcus Johansson](https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5714/marcus-johansson). This latest trade by Washington fits the bill on what general manager Brian MacLellan has been focused on ahead of Friday's 3 p.m. MacLellan has moved several experienced players over the past week, including He also brings championship pedigree to the reigning Stanley Cup holders. A tough, two-way center with good defensive instincts, Eller projects to slide into the Avalanche's bottom-six rotation and can contribute on the penalty kill.

The Washington Capitals have traded forward Lars Eller to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL draft.

Eller has seven goals and 19 points in 60 games with the Capitals this season. Eller, 33, has 364 points in 930 career NHL regular-season games over 14 seasons ...

[Evgeny Kuznetsov](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/evgeny-kuznetsov-C2zWRjdmMyTq8UIS/), [Dylan Strome](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/dylan-strome-BWGs6NhImZdmZOq9/), [Nicklas Backstrom](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/nicklas-backstrom-A3NPqOoE7wWCZuJb/) and [Nic Dowd](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/nic-dowd-zMLECpazMVlXOjv0/) down the middle next season. Louis Blues](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/blues/), [Montreal Canadiens](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/canadiens/)and Capitals. With Eller out of the picture, the Caps figure to go Getting a second-round pick (in 2025) for Eller was good work by Caps GM Brian MacLellan, who had no intention of re-signing the center. He could perhaps fit on a line with Here’s what you need to know:

Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman is reporting that Lars Eller is heading to the Colorado Avalanche. Hearing Lars Eller to the Avalanche — Elliotte Friedman ...

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. The Capitals own 22 total picks in the next three drafts. [March 1, 2023]

The 33-year-old center was a key factor in Washington's 2018 Stanley Cup run, leading the playoffs with three game-winning goals that spring, and collecting 18 ...

This second-round selection could suffer the same fate, traded before the Capitals ever actually take the podium to make a pick. Eller is in the last season of a five-year, $17.5MM contract extension he signed just before that Stanley Cup run, and carries a cap hit of $3.5MM. [Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic adds](https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1630998838373744666?s=20) that the Capitals will receive a 2025 second-round pick in return, and retain 31% of Eller’s contract. The Capitals are focused on surrounding That doesn’t really answer Colorado’s second-line center question mark, but does give the group some more stability down the middle. Like they did last season, Colorado is focused on experienced, versatile forwards to help lengthen their lineup, and Eller fits that bill perfectly.

Finally, a more significant move from the Western Conference. In what has been a wild trade deadline for those teams in the Eastern Conference loading up ...

Eller will fill in the bottom six and likely play in a 4C role alongside Matt Nieto and Denis Malgin instead of Ben Meyers. He has 16 points in 60 games this year.— Peter Baugh (@Peter_Baugh) Had the Stanley Cup winner for Washington in 2018. While his stat line and JFresh card may not look ideal, it could be a solid pickup for the remainder of the season. The 33-year-old has seven goals and nine assists in 60 games with the Caps. [Washington Capitals](https://www.japersrink.com) as first reported by Elliotte Friedman.

The relentlessly fun hockey site, hopelessly devoted to the Washington Capitals and Alex Ovechkin. Our goal is to make hockey as fun about as it is to ...

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. The Capitals own 22 total picks in the next three drafts. – 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. Behind Eller, the Capitals have a plethora of talented prospect centers including Aliaksei Protas, Connor McMichael, and Hendrix Lapierre. Eller will go down as scoring two of the biggest goals in Capitals’ history.

Chris MacFarland, DG de l'Avalanche, avait comme plan d'ajouter un centre à sa formation en vue des séries éliminatoires. C'est un peu dans cette optique-là ...

C’est long, trois mois. La nuance, c’est qu’il serait très surprenant de le voir être échangé d’ici vendredi. Dans les faits, Eller est un gars très fiable sur la patinoire et il est capable d’amener une certaine touche offensive au besoin. [March 1, 2023] Mais avec Monahan blessé, le club du Colorado a voulu se tourner vers son plan B. C’est un peu dans cette optique-là qu’on a souvent entendu le nom de Sean Monahan être lié à celui des anciens Nordiques.

The Colorado finally got into the deadline action, filling a middle-six centre void with the acquisition of Lars Eller. In return, they paid in their ...

[Nic Dowd](https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/players/nic-dowd) will likely take on some of Eller's more difficult minutes as well, though Protas has shown himself as a capable defensive centre, so regardless that they might be defensive starts, the extra ice time can only help his production. If the past is any indication of the future, the odds are good that at least a couple of them are either re-signed immediately, or traded by the deadline. Newhook will benefit from a better player on his line, and Eller goes to a better team where he won't have to start in the defensive end quite as often. [Conor Sheary](https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/players/conor-sheary), [Trevor van Riemsdyk](https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/players/trevor-van-riemsdyk), [Craig Smith](https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/players/Craig-Smith), and [Nicolas Aube-Kubel](https://dobberprospects.com/player/nicolas-aube-kubel/) are the remaining UFAs. [Alex Newhook](https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/players/alex-newhook) to the wing on the third line (subsequently pushing [Andrew Cogliano](https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/players/Andrew-Cogliano) down). [Lars Eller](https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/players/Lars-Eller).

On Wednesday, the Colorado Avalanche confirmed they had acquired Lars Eller from the Washington Capitals before the NHL trade deadline.

It’s also the third time they’ve picked up a player over the age of 30 before the NHL trade deadline. ](http://Washingtonhockeynow.com)In return, the Avalanche are giving up a 2025 second round pick. Eller is in the final year of a contract that sees him make $3.5 million.

Les Capitals de Washington ont échangé le centre Lars Eller à l'Avalanche du Colorado, mercredi.

Il a été un élément dans la transaction des Canadiens envoyant Jaroslav Halak aux Blues en 2010. Il a été sélectionné au 13e rang du repêchage de 2007 par les Blues de St. Eller a récolté 16 points en 60 parties cette saison avec les Capitals.

Colorado acquired forward Lars Eller from the Washington Capitals in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2025 NHL Draft.

He has notched 208 points (87g/121a) in 488 contests with Washington, ranked seventh among all Capitals skaters since he joined the club in 2016-17. Eller played one season in the American Hockey League in 2009-10, recording 57 points (18g/39a) in 70 games for the Peoria Rivermen. Eller, 33, has recorded 16 points (7g/9a) in 60 games for Washington this season.

NEWS | The Washington Capitals have acquired a 2025 second-round pick from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for forward Lars Eller.

The center scored seven goals and 11 assists in the 2018 playoffs, including three-game winning goals. Eller is the fifth player the Capitals have traded away since last Thursday in what's been Washington's biggest sell-off in years. Eller will be most remembered in Washington for his exceptional play during the Capitals' Stanley Cup run in 2018.