The St. Louis Blues have traded forward Jordan Kyrou to the Washington Capitals in exchange for forward Connor McMichael, prospect forward Milton Gastrin and the 16th overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.
Kyrou, 28, had 18 goals and 46 points in 72 games with the Blues last season.
The 6-foot-1 centre is entering the fourth season of an eight-year, $65 million contract that carries an annual cap hit of $8.125 million. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2030-31 campaign.
Drafted 35th overall by the Blues in 2016, Kyrou has 168 goals and 378 points in 488 career games.
Kyrou represented the Blues at the 2022 All-Star Game in Las Vegas and put up 27 goals and a career-high 75 points during that season.
McMichael, 25, recorded 14 goals and 46 points in 78 games with the Washington Capitals last season.
The 6-foot winger is coming off a two-year, $4.2 million contract that carried a cap hit of $2.1 million and is a restricted free agent.
McMichael broke through as a top-six forward on the Capitals in 2024-25, registering 26 goals and 57 points in 82 games.
Drafted 25th overall by the Capitals in 2019, McMichael has 67 goals and 154 points in 315 career games.
The Capitals drafted Gastrin with the 37th overall pic in 2025. With the HockeyAllsvenskan’s MoDo last season in Sweden, he scored 10 goals with 24 points in 39 games.
