Amid a five-game losing streak and dwindling playoff hopes, the Washington Capitals traded defenseman Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway to the Boston Bruins as part of a three-team deal that brought three draft picks and forward Craig Smith.
In addition to Smith, 33, Washington acquired a 2023 first-round pick, a 2024 third-round pick and a 2025 second-round pick.
The trade only bolsters the Bruins, owners of the league’s best record and a Stanley Cup favorite. Orlov is considered a top-four defenseman; Hathaway is a two-way bruiser who brings a physical presence. After enduring a stint on injured reserve earlier this season because of a lower-body injury, Orlov had returned to bring stability to a defensive corps that has been in flux since John Carlson was ruled out indefinitely after being in the side of the head with a puck in December. Orlov was the fourth-longest tenured Capitals player behind Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Carlson, whom he anchored the team’s top defensive pairing with for the past five seasons.
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