Capitals acquire Edmundson and Stars trade Miller to the Devils on 1st…

ARLINGTON, Va. — A few trades happened on the first day of NHL free agency, just not the blockbuster everyone is waiting for.

Erik Karlsson remained with San Jose on Saturday night, with interested teams still circling around the Norris Trophy-winning defenseman. But the Sharks did make a trade, and rivals around the league completed some smaller deals to shore up blue line depth.

San Jose acquired forward Anthony Duclair from Eastern Conference-champion Florida for Steven Lorentz and a 2025 fifth-round pick.

“He’s a player that I think brings a little bit of a different element that we don’t have here on the roster with his speed and goal-scoring ability and the pace of play,” general manager Mike Grier said on a video call Saturday night.

Elsewhere, the Washington Capitals acquired Joel Edmundson from the Montreal Canadiens for third- and seventh-round picks in the 2024 draft. Montreal is retaining half of Edmundson’s salary in the final year of his contract, which means Washington gets him at a bargain cap hit of $1.75 million.

The Dallas Stars also traded Colin Miller to the New Jersey Devils for a fifth-round pick in 2025. Miller had an assist in 10 playoff games with Dallas.

Karlsson is the big fish available in the trade market, and the Sharks have made it well-known the 33-year-old coming off a 101-point season is available.

“Nothing new there,” Grier said. “It’s all quiet at the moment. Nothing going on.”

Asked about Karlsson, Pittsburgh GM Kyle Dubas didn’t want to break any tampering rules but certainly didn’t rule out being involved in the sweepstakes.

“It’s incumbent on me to reach out and see if there’s a fit there for us,” Dubas said. “Any time there’s a player of that caliber that comes available throughout my time here, especially in this next stretch, it’s probably realistic to think that we’ll be involved or see if there’s a way that we we can be involved and add them to our…