Overview
- The Washington Capitals traded Declan Chisholm to the New Jersey Devils on Thursday for a 2027 fourth-round draft pick.
- Chisholm played 26 games for Washington in 2025–26, recording one goal and six assists while averaging about 13 minutes and 43 seconds of ice time per game.
- Washington cleared Chisholm’s roughly $1.6 million projected salary from its books and now projects just over $14.3 million in cap space and six healthy defensemen on the roster.
- Reporting from Monumental Sports Network indicated Chisholm requested a full-time opportunity, and the Capitals accommodated that request by making the trade.
- Chisholm’s move continues a career arc that began as a 2018 fifth-round pick, included a productive stint in Minnesota and a one-year contract, and now leaves him positioned in New Jersey as short-term defensive depth with upcoming unrestricted free agent status.