The Anaheim Ducks have completed a trade with the Washington Capitals for defenceman John Carlson, the team announced on Friday.
The Capitals are receiving a conditional first-round pick in either the 2026 NHL Draft or the 2027 NHL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft in exchange for Carlson.
Carlson, 36, has 10 goals and 46 points in 55 games with the Capitals this season while averaging 22:52 of ice time.
The 6-foot-3, right-shot defenceman is on the final season of an eight-year, $64 million contract that carries a cap hit of $8 million. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.
Drafted 27th overall by the Capitals in 2008, Carlson has spent his entire 17-season career in Washington, recording 166 goals and 771 points in 1,143 career games.
Carlson helped the Capitals to their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history in 2018, recording five goals and 20 points in 24 playoff games.
The Natick, Mass. native represented the United States at The Winter Olympics in 2014 in a fourth-place finish. He also represented his country at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey in a seventh-place finish.
