Washington sent a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2027 third-round pick to Pittsburgh on Tuesday for Eller, who spent seven seasons with the Capitals and helped the club win the franchise’s first Stanley Cup in 2018.

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.