Ahead of the start of Day Two of the NHL Draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins completed a trade with the Ottawa Senators that will give Pittsburgh more cap relief for next season.
The Penguins traded two-time Stanley Cup champion goaltender Matt Murray, who is a restricted free agent this fall, to the Senators for forward prospect Jonathan Gruden and a 2020 second-round pick (CBJ), number 52 overall.
Reports surfaced on Wednesday that the Pittsburgh Penguins and Florida Panthers were trading forward Patric Hornqvist for defenseman Mike Matheson, but official confirmation never came. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the deal was held up by Hornqvist’s no-trade clause and injury insurance.
Thursday afternoon, the two teams finally made the trade official. Forward Colton Sceviour will also join Matheson in Pittsburgh.
Phil Kessel has been dealt after all.
After a reported deal to Minnesota for Jason Zucker fell through, the Pittsburgh Penguins have sent Kessel, minor league defenseman Dane Birks, and a fourth-round pick to the Arizona Coyotes for Alex Galchenyuk and 19-year-old defense prospect Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
News of a broader Kessel deal was first reported by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. TSN’s Darren Dreger was the first to report the full trade.
Andre Burakovsky’s tenure with the Washington Capitals is officially over.
After being linked in trade rumors for much of the 2018-19 season, the Swedish forward has been sent to the Colorado Avalanche for two draft picks and a minor leaguer.
The Athletic’s Ryan Clark was the first to report the news.
By Ian Oland 1 year ago
Do you ever get a weird sense of déjà vu?
On Monday, the Pittsburgh Penguins traded defenseman Jamie Oleksiak — the player that Tom Wilson knocked out and was supposedly too intimidated to fight — in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 draft. The trade is almost identical to the one that happened in reverse to bring Oleksiak to the Penguins during the 2017-18 season.
By Donya Abramo 2 years ago
Photo: Amanda Bowen
The Capitals made a late afternoon trade Tueday, acquiring defenseman Mike Weber from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a third round 2017 draft pick. Buffalo will retain half of Weber’s $2 million salary. He is scheduled to become a UFA at the end of the year.
Weber’s acquisition puts another big body like Brooks Orpik on the Caps’ blueline. The trade is a bit of a surprise, seeing as the Capitals already have a lot of very good defensemen playing right now.
Perhaps Weber will simply serve as insurance since some members of the team’s blue line have been banged up this season.
By Rachel Cohen 5 years ago
Filip Forsberg spoke to Swedish paper Expressen in the wake of his trade from the Capitals to the Nashville Predators. In an article by Gunnar Nordström and Adam Eriksson, Forsberg describes his reaction:
“It happened suddenly, I didn’t know anything about it until I read it. I spoke to my agent just now and he said it really went quickly, but that’s what happens in this world. All I can do is accept it.”
Wednesday’s trade deadline was pretty tame for the Washington Capitals until a few minutes after 3 PM, when we heard Mike Vogel that the team had “something brewing.”
Then… about two hours of speculating and waiting. The Capitals were “incredibly mum” according to Bob McKenzie. The Caps Report video special with Alan May, Mike Vogel, and John Walton went into extra innings– vamping to fill time until the news broke. George McPhee declined to name the trade until all involved players were named.
Those players turned out to be Martin Erat, a 31-year old RW lefty from Nashville, and Caps prospect Filip Forsberg. Nashville threw in Michael Latta as well.
By Peter Hassett 8 years ago
Photo credit: Rod Lamkey Jr.
George McPhee has not seen a season this tumultuous since the events that led up to the acquisition of Alex Ovechkin back in 2004. He’s dismissed a coach and watched his team fall from the top of the standings to a precarious spot on the proverbial bubble.
Now, as the Washington Capitals prepare for one last playoffs push, McPhee has the challenge of managing assets at all stages of their careers. That includes 37-year-old Roman Hamrlik, who was signed over the offseason to a two-year, $7 million deal, and 39-year old Mike Knuble, who will be an unrestricted free agent at season’s end — both of whom have been scratched from recent games.
McPhee’s attitude towards his veteran players, however, is anything but cynical. In his 14 years as general manager of the Capitals, McPhee, whose nickname is The Undertaker, has revealed something of a softer side.
Photo credit: Patrick McDermott
The Caps were expected to be big movers at the trade deadline — their need for depth centers, for example, had been well documented, and several of their veterans have expressed dissatisfaction lately and were caught up in rumors all the way up to 3 PM.
It was to the surprise of more or less everyone, then, that the Caps made no roster moves whatsoever. It was announced through a team spokesman around 3:00 that the Caps did not expect to be making any trades, and this was confirmed by General Manager George McPhee at a 5:00 PM press conference where he addressed the events of the day — or lack thereof.
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