The Montreal Canadiens have announced that they have traded forward Lars Eller to the Washington Capitals in exchange for two second round picks.
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Chicago will get the 39th and 45th picks from Montreal.
In addition to trading Eller, the Canadiens acquired forward Andrew Shaw from the Chicago Blackhawks for two second-round picks in Friday night’s draft. In 442 National Hockey League games, the Dane has 73 goals and 83 assists. There was a time when it looked like Chicago would be able to re-sign him given that the Blackhawks freed some cap space by dealing Bryan Bickell to Carolina. The Belleville, Ontario, native has recorded 137 points (70G, 67A) in 322 career regular-season games and 35 points (16G, 19A) in 67 postseason tilts, all with the Blackhawks.
A five-year veteran, Shaw was selected by the Blackhawks in the fifth round of the 2011 draft.
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Since that 2015 Cup the Blackhawks have already had to say goodbye to Brandon Saad, Teuvo Teravainen, Patrick Sharp, Johnny Oduya, and now Shaw.
