Getting ready for dinner on Tuesday night, Lars Eller got a call from Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas with some news: he'd been traded to the Washington Capitals. First, it was a wave of shock,

It’s Hump Day. There’s a lot of business to address. Let’s get to it. Lars Eller’s day began in Pittsburgh and ended with him headed to Washington — where he achieved his greatest success — as part of a rare trade between the Penguins and Capitals.

Eller, a member of the Capitals’ Stanley Cup winners in 2018, returns after being traded to Colorado in March 2023.

Lars Eller played 99 games with the Penguins after signing as a free agent in the summer of 2023. He’s played over 1,050 career NHL games and has won a Stanley Cup, playing for five different teams across 16 seasons.

The Washington Capitals have reunited with veteran center Lars Eller. Washington has sent a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2027 third-round pick to Pittsburgh for Eller, who spent seven seasons with the Capitals and helped the club win the franchise’s first Stanley Cup in 2018.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The Penguins announced on Tuesday night that they have acquired two draft picks in exchange for forward Lars Eller. In exchange for Eller, the Washington Capitals sent a 2027 third-round pick and a 2025 fifth-round pick back to Pittsburgh.

The forward previously spent seven seasons with Washington earlier in his career and won the Stanley Cup with the team in 2018.

The Pittsburgh Penguins had a few more bodies at their optional morning skate Wednesday in Cranberry. In total, 12 players took to the ice. That represented an increase from the eight souls who were present for Monday’s session,