Washington Capitals: 3 blockbuster Lars Eller trades

Lars Eller for Warren Foegele

This one pained me to write this. Warren Foegele was the villain that gave T.J. Oshie an injury in the first round series in 2019 when he was a member of the Carolina Hurricanes. That play turned the whole series and it came back to cost the Caps in the end.

But if this team once traded for Jaroslav Halak, they can trade for anybody you don’t like or gives you nightmares.

Foegele is 26 and has a cap hit of $2.75 million. He played this past season for the high flying Edmonton Oilers who are led by Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. He had 12 goals and 14 assists for 26 points. It was probably his best season since that year with the Hurricanes.

His advanced stats are pretty decent too. In the playoffs he was fourth on the team with a Corsi For percentage of 53.74 percent. Foegele also has an Expected Goals For percentage of 46.86 percent and a High Danger Chances For percentage of 51.72 percent, via Natural Stat Trick.

Eller had a 49.38 percent Corsi For percentage, a 53.73 percent Expected Goals For percentage and a High Danger Chances For percentage of 45.95 percent in the playoffs. Similar numbers but one team made it further than the other and is in fact still playing.