Metropolitan Division: Washington Capitals Season Primer
Washington Capitals prospect pipeline includes Nathan Walker, Shane Gersich, and Lucas Johansen among others.
Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly

Projected Cap Hit: $78,400,961
Projected Cap Space: $1,099,039
Projected LTIR Used: $0
Current Cap Space: $1,099,039
Deadline Cap Space: $5,110,531
Todays Cap Hit: $78,400,961
Roster: 23/23
Contracts: 48/50

Offseason Moves – In/Out source Sports Forecaster

In – Sergei Shumakov, RW – FA
Brooks Orpik, D – FA – Col
Jayson Megna, RW/C – FA – Van
Michael Sgarbossa, C – FA – Wpg
Nic Dowd, C/RW – FA – Van
Todd Reirden, Head Coach – Named
Maximilian Kammerer, C – FA
Mathias Bau, LW/RW – FA
Juuso Ikonen, RW/LW – FA

Out – Anthony Peluso, RW – FA – Cgy
Jakub Jerabek, D – FA – Edm
Adam Carlson, G – FA-Minors
Zach Sill, C – FA-Europe
Tim McGauley, C – FA-Minors
Tyler Graovac, C – FA – Cgy
Jay Beagle, C – FA – Van
Philipp Grubauer, G – T – Col
Barry Trotz, Head Coach – Resigned

Roster Projections

2018 Free Agents

Unrestricted – Brett Connolly, Pheonix Copley, Nic Dowd, Jayson Megna, Aaron Ness, Brooks Orpik, Devante Smith-Pelly

Restricted – Riley Barber, Mathias Bau-Hansen, André Burakovsky, Christian Djoos, Shane Gersich, Hampus Gustafsson, Mason Mitchell, Liam O’Brien, Brian Pinho, Michael Sgarbossa, Sergei Shumakov, Chandler Stephenson, Vitek Vanecek, Jakub Vrána, Nathan Walker, Colby Williams

2018 Draft Picks

1st – WSH
2nd – WSH
3rd – WSH
4th – WSH
5th –
6th –
7th – WSH

Top 10 Washington Capitals Prospectssource McKeen’s Hockey

1. Ilya Samsonov – G
2. Lucas Johansen – D
3. Alexander Alexeyev – D
4. Connor Hobbs – D
5. Shane Gersich – LW
6. Martin Fehervary – D
7. Axel Jonsson Fjallby – LW
8. Riley Barber – RW
9. Riley Sutter – C/RW
10. Brian Pinho – C

Washington Capitals projections by Dom Luszczyszyn of The Athletic

Washington Capitals projections