Huet, who will turn 33 on March 9, is in his fifth season in the NHL and played in the 2007 NHL All-Star Game. The native of Saint-Martin-D’Heres, France, is 21-12-6 this season with a 2.55 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage.
Huet has a 72-59-11-13 record in 170 career NHL games, with a 2.49 GAA and a .917 save percentage.
The draft choice Washington sends to Montreal is Anaheim's second-round pick in 2009, previously acquired in exchange for center Brian Sutherby.
Fedorov, 38, is a six-time NHL All-Star and has won three Stanley Cups as a member of the Detroit Red Wings (1997, '98 and 2002), won the Hart Trophy as the league MVP in 1994 and won the Selke Trophy as the league’s top defensive forward in 1994 and ’96.
The native of Pskov, Russia, Fedorov has nine goals and 28 points in 50 games this season for the Blue Jackets.
Detroit's fourth choice, 74th overall, in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, Fedorov ranks 47th in NHL history in career points (10th among active players), 50th in career goals (12th among active players) and 54th in career assists (13th among active players). Fedorov’s career plus/minus rating of +259 ranks second among all active forwards, trailing only Jaromir Jagr (+272).
Cooke, 29, has spent all nine of his NHL seasons in Vancouver. He heads to Washington with seven goals and nine assists in 61 games this year.
The Belleville, Ontario, native has played in 566 career games and has scored 83 goals and dished out 120 career assists.
Giroux, 26, has played 10 NHL games in his career, including nine with Washington last season, scoring two goals and adding two assists. He is a three-time 30-goal scorer at the AHL level, including his best season of his career last year, when he recorded 42 goals and 28 assists (70 points) in 67 games for the Bears.
