Caps trade Burakovsky to Avalanche
The Washington Capitals have traded Andre Burakovsky to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a second and third round pick. The draft picks are from the 2020 draft and the Caps also get Scott Kosmachuk who is a pending free agent.
Burakovsky is a skill player that was wildly inconsistent through his Caps career.
Here is the Caps press release.
The Washington Capitals have acquired a second and third round pick (previously acquired from the Arizona Coyotes) in the 2020 NHL Draft and pending unrestricted free agent forward Scott Kosmachuk from the Colorado Avalanche for forward Andre Burakovsky, senior vice president and general manager Brian MacLellan announced today.
Burakovsky, 24, registered 25 points (12g, 13a) in 76 games with the Capitals last season. The 6’3″, 201-pound forward has recorded 145 points (62g, 83a) in 328 games with the Capitals. He was drafted by Washington with the Capitals’ first round pick, 23rd overall, in the 2013 NHL Draft.
