The Washington Capitals have acquire forward Tyler Graovac from the Minnesota Wild for a 2018 5th round pick.
Isabelle Khurshudyan: The acquisition of Graovac gives them another contract and so they can protect Lars Eller in the expansion draft.
Graovac carries a $625,000 salary cap hit and will be a RFA after next season.
Graovac was drafted 191st in the seventh round of the 2011 draft by the Wild.