The Washington Capitals made their second trade including a player this weekend, swapping defensemen and draft picks with the Minnesota Wild on Day 2 of the 2025 NHL Draft.
The Caps acquired defenseman Declan Chisholm and a sixth-round pick, 180th overall, in the 2025 NHL Draft from the Wild for defenseman Chase Priskie and their fourth-round selection, 123rd overall. The 29-year-old Priskie, a right-handed shooting defenseman, helped the Hershey Bears win the Calder Cup in 2024.
Chisholm, 25, shoots left and spent all of last season with the Wild, posting 12 points (2g, 10a) in 66 games. He is a pending restricted free agent after completing a one-year, $1 million contract that he signed with Minnesota last summer.
With Chisholm on the ice at five-on-five during the 2024-25 season, the Wild posted positive differentials in shot attempts (993-961), scoring chances (418-397), and high-danger chances (171-135). The Wild also had an expected goals percentage of 53.91 with Chisholm on the ice. The veteran of three NHL seasons received a decent amount of ice time on the club’s power play (57:06 TOI) while also getting some time as a penalty killer (12:58 TOI). In 99 career NHL games, Chisholm has posted 21 points (5g, 16a).
Chisholm’s most impressive pro season came during the 2022-23 campaign, when he posted 43 points (5g, 38a) in 59 games for the Manitoba Moose, the Winnipeg Jets’ AHL affiliate.
Priskie, one of the Bears’ team leaders on the back end, had a career year in Hershey last season, posting 35 points (12g, 23a) in 61 AHL games. The Capitals did not call him up during his two seasons with the Bears. He is an unrestricted free agent on July 1 after completing a one-year, $775k deal with the Caps.
According to The Athletic’s Michael Russo, the Wild may not sign Priskie with the amount of defensive depth they have in Iowa. GM Bill Guerin, per Russo, may have taken him on as a favor to Capitals GM Chris Patrick, getting one of Washington’s 50 max contracts off the books before July 1.
