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.
Colorado press release,
The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the team has acquired forward Lars Eller from the Washington Capitals in exchange for Colorado's second-round selection in the 2025 NHL Draft.
Eller, 33, has recorded 16 points (7g/9a) in 60 games for Washington this season. A first-round selection (13th overall) of the St. Louis Blues in the 2007 NHL Draft, Eller has collected 364 points (160g/204a) in 930 career NHL games with the Blues, Montreal and Washington. He ranks third all-time in scoring by a Danish player and his 27 career game-winning tallies are tied with Nikolaj Ehlers for the most ever by a Danish player.
Eller has produced 30 or more points in five of his 12 NHL seasons, including four of his last five campaigns, setting career highs in points (39) in the shortended 2019-20 season, a career-high in goals (18) in 2017-18 and career-best in assists in both 2018-19 and 2019-20. 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.
The 6-foot-2, 205-pound center has registered 49 points (15g/34a) in 96 career postseason outings with Montreal and Washington. In the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Eller notched 18 points (7g/11a) in 24 contests, ranked sixth on the team in points and assists and tied for fourth in goals. His three game-winning tallies, including the winner in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final to secure the Capitals' first Stanley Cup, led all Washington skaters in the playoffs. The Rodovre, Denmark, native became the first Danish player in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup.
Eller played one season in the American Hockey League in 2009-10, recording 57 points (18g/39a) in 70 games for the Peoria Rivermen. He ranked second on the team in points and assists and third in goals to earn a selection to the AHL All-Star Game and a spot on the league's postseason All-Rookie Team.
Eller has represented Denmark at five IIHF World Championships, totaling 23 points (8g/15a) in 31 combined tournament games. He also suited up for the Danish at the 2008 IIHF World Junior Championship, notching six points (3g/3a) in six outings.
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