Joel Edmundson was traded to the Washington Capitals by the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
Montreal received a third-and-seventh-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft.
Edmundson has one season remaining on a four-year contract he signed with the Canadiens on Sept. 16, 2020, and can become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2023-24 season. Montreal will retain 50 percent of the contract.
The 30-year-old defenseman had 13 points (two goals, 11 assists) in 61 games last season.
Selected by the St. Louis Blues in the second round (No. 46) of the 2011 NHL Draft, Edmundson has 104 points (28 goals, 76 assists) in 477 regular-season games for the Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes and Blues, and 21 points (six goals, 15 assists) in 75 Stanley Cup Playoff games. He won the Stanley Cup with St. Louis in 2019.
The Capitals (35-37-10) failed to qualify for the playoffs last season for first time since 2013-14. Spencer Carbery was hired as coach on May 30 to replace Peter Laviolette, who agreed to mutually part ways with the team on April 14 after three seasons.
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