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Detroit Red Wings trade Anthony Mantha to Washington Capitals for draft picks, more

Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman made a major move to stoke the rebuild.

He traded Anthony Mantha to the Washington Capitals in return for a first-round pick in 2021, a second-round pick in 2022 and forwards Jakub Vrana and Richard Panik.

Vrana, 25, is a former first-round pick. He has 11 goals and 14 assists in 39 games. He's a pending restricted free agent coming off a two-year, $6.7 million deal. Panik, 30, has three goals and six assists in 36 games. He's signed through 2022-23 with a $2.75 million cap hit.

It was a bold move by Yzerman, trading a 6-foot-5, 234-pound forward who he signed to a four-year, $22.