Overview
- The Capitals traded a 2027 seventh-round pick to the New Jersey Devils for 25-year-old goaltender Rémi Poirier, a deal announced Sunday.
- Poirier is on a two-way contract that lists roughly $850,000 at the NHL level and $135,000 at the AHL level, which limits Washington’s cap impact but preserves standard pay differences if he is sent down.
- He has not played an NHL regular-season game, but has strong AHL credentials, including a 27-19-6 record with a 2.61 GAA and a .912 save percentage in 52 games last season with the Texas Stars.
- Poirier becomes the fourth goaltender under contract for Washington behind Logan Thompson, Charlie Lindgren, and Mitch Gibson, and he must clear waivers before the Capitals can assign him to the Hershey Bears.
- The trade is a low-risk depth move that follows Poirier’s late-September waiver claim by New Jersey and reflects a common NHL practice of using late-round picks to secure experienced AHL goaltending insurance.