Capitals trade D Siegenthaler to Devils for 3rd-round pick
FILE – Washington Capitals’ Jonas Siegenthaler plays during an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Philadelphia, in this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, file photo. The New Jersey Devils acquired defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler on Sunday, April 11, 2021, from the Washington Capitals for a 2021 third-round pick. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
NEWARK, N.J. – The New Jersey Devils acquired defenceman Jonas Siegenthaler from the Washington Capitals on Sunday for a 2021 third-round pick.
Washington clears $800,000 in salary-cap space before the trade deadline Monday by dealing one of the eight defencemen on its active roster. New Jersey gets a 23-year-old left shot on the blue line for its rebuilding efforts.
Siegenthaler is a restricted free agent after this season. The 2015 second-round pick from Switzerland has 13 points in 97 regular-season NHL games, all with the Capitals.
The third-round pick the Devils are sending to the Capitals is either Arizona’s that they acquired by trading 2018 MVP Taylor Hall to the Coyotes last year or their own. If the Coyotes don’t transfer the pick to New Jersey this year, the Devils will give the Capitals their own third-rounder.
New Jersey put veteran defenceman Sami Vatanen on waivers Sunday and could also trade Dmitry Kulikov and Ryan Murray before the deadline.
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