“Washington Capitals » traded the attacker Anthony Mantou V”Vegas Golden Knights » for a second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, reports the National Hockey League press service.
This season, the 29-year-old forward has scored 34 points (20+14) in 56 matches. He is in the final season of a four-year contract that pays him $5.7 million per year. Washington will keep 50% of Mantha’s salary.
Mantha was selected by Detroit in the first round of the draft, 20th overall, in 2013. He currently has 286 points (139 goals, 147 assists) in 476 regular season games with the Red Wings and Capitals.
At the same time, Washington took the attacker Matthew Phillips of the waiver project. Previously, the hockey player was placed on waivers by Pittsburgh. The 25-year-old forward previously played for Washington, which landed Phillips on waivers in February.
For Pittsburgh, the hockey player managed to go three matches of the NHL regular season without scoring a goal. With the Capitals, Phillips scored 5 points (1+4) in 27 games.
Washington (28-23-9) trails the Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning, who share the Eastern Conference’s first Stanley Cup playoff wild card, by seven points.
The Capitals are also seven points behind the Philadelphia Flyers in third place in the Metropolitan Division with three games in hand.
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