Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly
Projected Cap Hit: $74,960,940
Projected Cap Space: $39,060
Projected LTIR Used: $0
Current Cap Space: $39,060
Deadline Cap Space: $181,629
Todays Cap Hit: $74,960,940
Roster: 23/23
Contracts: 43/50
Offseason Moves – In/Out – source Sports Forecaster
In
Wayne Simpson, RW FA-Minors
John Albert, C FA
Devante Smith-Pelly, RW/LW FA – NJ
Anthony Peluso, RW FA – Wpg
Tyler Graovac, LW/C T – Min
Out
Tom Gilbert, D FA-Europe
Stanislav Galiev, RW/LW FA-Europe
Garrett Mitchell, RW FA-Minors
Marcus Johansson, LW/RW T – NJ
Paul Carey, LW/C FA – NYR
Darren Dietz, D FA-Europe
Kevin Shattenkirk, D FA – NYR
Justin Williams, RW FA – Car
Karl Alzner, D FA – Mtl
Nate Schmidt, D ED – VGK
Chris Bourque, LW FA-Minors
Depth Chart – source Yahoo! Sports
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Andre Burakovsky | Nicklas Backstrom | T.J. Oshie |
| Alex Ovechkin | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Jakub Vrana |
| Brett Connolly | Lars Eller | Alex Chiasson |
| Tyler Graovac | Jay Beagle | Devante Smith-Pelly |
| Nathan Walker | Chandler Stephenson | |
| Defense | Defense | |
| Dmitry Orlov | Goaltender | Matt Niskanen |
| Brooks Orpik | Braden Holtby | John Carlson |
| Aaron Ness | Philipp Grubauer | Taylor Chorney |
| Christian Djoos | ||
2018 Free Agents
Unrestricted – John Carlson, Lars Eller, Jay Beagle, Taylor Chorney, Anthony Peluso, John Albert, Wayne Simpson, Zach Sill, and Aaron Ness.
Restricted – Tom Wilson, Philipp Grubauer, Adam Carlson, Madison Bowey, Riley Barber, Tyler Lewington, Tim McGauley, Devante Smith-Pelly, Liam O’Brien, Travis Boyd, and Tyler Graovac.
2018 Draft Picks
1st – Washington
2nd –
3rd – Washington, Toronto
4th – Washington
5th –
6th – Washington
7th – Washington
Top 10 Washington Capitals Prospects – source The Hockey News
1. Ilya Samsonov – Goaltender
2. Jakub Vrana – Left Wing
3. Jonas Siegenthaler – Defense
4. Madison Bowey – Defense
5. Lucas Johansen – Defense
6. Connor Hobbs – Defense
7. Chandler Stephenson – Center
8. Tobias Geisser – Defense
9. Riley Barber – Right Wing
10. Travis Boyd – Center