A quick look at the Washington Capitals heading into the season.
Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly
Projected Cap Hit: $72,415,129
Projected Cap Space: $584,871
Projected LTIR Used : $0
Current Cap Space: $584,871
Deadline Cap Space : $2,631,920
Todays Cap Hit : $72,415,129
Roster Size: 22/23
Contract: 44/50
Offseason Moves – In/Out – source Sports Forecaster
In
Brad Malone, LW/C – FA – Car
Christian Thomas, RW – FA – Ari
Darren Dietz, D – FA – Mtl
Joe Cannata, G – FA – Van
Brett Connolly, RW – FA – Bos
Lars Eller, C/LW – T – Mtl
Out
Sean Collins, C – FA – Europe
Mike Moore, D – FA – Europe
Ryan Bourque, C – FA – Minors
Ryan Stanton, D – FA – Col
Carter Camper, C – FA – NJ
Justin Peters, G – FA – Ari
Michael Latta, RW/C – FA – LA
Jason Chimera, LW – FA – NYI (07/01)
Depth Chart
Forwards
Alexander Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – T.J. Oshie
Andre Burakovsky – Nicklas Backstrom – Marcus Johansson
Tom Wilson – Lars Eller – Justin Williams
Daniel Winnik – Jay Beagle – Brett Connolly
Zach Sanford – Chandler Stephenson – Jakub Vrana
Defense
Matt Niskanen – Karl Alzner
Dmitry Orlov – John Carlson
Brooks Orpik – Nate Schmidt
Taylor Chorney – Madison Bowey
Goalies
Braden Holtby
Philipp Grubauer
Joe Cannata
Vitek Vanecek
2017 Draft Picks
1st – Washington
4th – Washington
5th – Washington
6th – Washington
7th – Washington
2017 Free Agents
Unrestricted – Brad Malone, Chris Bourque, Daniel Winnik, Joe Cannata, Justin Williams, Karl Alzner, Paul Carey, T.J. Oshie
Restricted – Andre Burakovsky, Brett Connolly, Chandler Stephenson, Christian Djoos, Christian Thomas, Darren Dietz, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Garrett Mitchell, Liam O’Brien, Nate Schmidt, Nathan Walker, Philipp Grubauer, Stanislav Galiev, Travis Boyd