Washington Capitals
The whole organization. One connected view.
Eastern Conference · Metropolitan DivisionOpen GM workspace2026–27
Current roster2414 F · 8 D · 2 GKnown commitmentsUS$109.3M24 / 24 contracts pricedFarm system#10Strong · board consensusNext gamevs BUFOct 24
Line combinations
Provider projection · 2026-10-12
#8
#21
#89
#34
#43
#9
#17
#25
#53
#22
#72
#6
#27
#42
#73
#52Goaltending
Logan Thompson
#48 · WSH · 29 years- SV%
- GAA
- Games
2025–26 · NHL regular season
Shots on goal faced
1,447 saves140 goals allowed
Source & scope
NHL stats API goalie summary (aggregated across clubs), data/goalie-stats-2025-26.json · 2026-09-21T18:03:37.296Z. Current roster; statistics from the stated season, across clubs. This selection does not identify tonight’s starter. Condensed footage does not establish full video coverage.
Contract horizon
Cap & contractsKnown AAV · 2026–2724 priced deals
Ceiling · ConfirmedUS$104M
Known committed share105.1%
Ceiling less known AAV-US$5.3M
ForwardsDefenceGoalies
Line: season-specific ceiling. * Outlook or assumption. Balance is not certified cap room.
Cap outlook assumptions
Local to this panel; does not change the GM financial scenario ceiling.
Sources, coverage & amounts
Sum of known AAV, not a complete payroll forecast or available cap room. Relief, bonuses and other charges are excluded. The file may contain later-dated signed terms; its file stamp is not a historical as-of reconstruction.
NHL/NHLPA · 2026–27: $104M · 2026-05-06
NHL/NHLPA · 2027–28: $113.5M · 2025-01-31 · subject to adjustment
Elliotte Friedman / Sportsnet · 2028–29: $127.5M · 2026-09-25 · reported estimate, not confirmed
Beyond that, no published limit in the checked sources. Any chosen growth is a planning assumption, not a forecast. Expiring commitments do not automatically fund a complete future roster.
0 contracts with unresolved terms remain outside the bars.
- F
- 65,864,167 USD
- D
- 34,575,000 USD
- G
- 8,850,000 USD
0 priced signed extensions included this season.
Contract ledger · file stamp 2026-09-21
Prospect pathways
Prospects
Cole HutsonD · Boston Univ.NHLETA —
Ilya ProtasLW · Hershey BearsNHLETA —
Andrew CristallL · Hershey BearsNHLETA —
Context & more prospects
Farm-board notables; recorded development stage, not an arrival forecast.
Cole Hutson: 35 GP · 2025–26 · 32 points
Ilya Protas: 69 GP · 2025–26 · 66 points
Andrew Cristall: 72 GP · 2025–26 · 60 points
Selection follows the farm board's published notable order. The NHL step is a pathway, not a confirmed move. Arrival dates and current rights are not verified here.
Lynden Lakovic
Terik Parascak
All pathways & roster lanes →What changed
All moves- Jonny Brodzinskirecalled from the minors
Reported event
Results, standings & source context
2026–27 regular season · current roster
Team overview
What the contracts tell us
What the contracts mean for the next moves
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Next game
2026–27
Upcoming games, columns & export
| Date | Opponent | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| vs BUF | Regular season | ||
| vs PHI | Regular season | ||
| at NSH | Regular season | ||
| vs MIN | Regular season | ||
| vs DAL | Regular season |
White noise · as of 2026-10-18 · social 2026-10-18
Washington Capitals are in the middle of the pack for attention (69th percentile); attention this week is 2.33× its usual
How much the club is being talked about: the league's stories tagged to the club and to its players, daily pageviews of the club's article against its 90-day baseline, and posts naming the club on the connected networks (Bluesky). Attention, measured; not a claim about what it does to the room.
Social: .
Carrying the noise: Alex Ovechkin (), Cole Hutson (), Alex Tuch ().
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Contract ledger · researched 2026-09-21
Washington Capitals contracts, 2026–27 onward
Every contract CapOrCup could source, one row per player, one column per season. Certified rows match a club or NHL release. Reported rows come from a named outlet and are labelled. Contracts with no public source are listed separately, and none are estimated.
| Player | 2026–27 | 2027–28 | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | |||
| Alex TuchCertifiedRNMC | |||
| Pierre-Luc DuboisReportedCNMC | |||
| Jordan KyrouCertifiedRNTC | |||
| Tom WilsonCertifiedRM-NTC | |||
| Justin SourdifCertifiedC | |||
| Boone JennerCertifiedC | |||
| Dylan StromeCertifiedC | |||
| Alex OvechkinCertifiedL | |||
| Aliaksei ProtasCertifiedL | |||
| Anthony BeauvillierCertifiedR | |||
| Ethen FrankCertifiedR | |||
| Ryan LeonardReportedR | |||
| Ivan MiroshnichenkoCertifiedL | |||
| Ilya ProtasCertifiedL | |||
| Defence · | |||
| Jakob ChychrunCertifiedD | |||
| Martin FehérváryCertifiedD | |||
| Matt RoyCertifiedDM-NTC | |||
| Rasmus SandinCertifiedD | |||
| Vincent DesharnaisCertifiedD | |||
| Timothy LiljegrenCertifiedD | |||
| Cole HutsonCertifiedD | |||
| Dylan McIlrathCertifiedD | |||
| Goalies · | |||
| Logan ThompsonCertifiedG | |||
| Charlie LindgrenCertifiedG | |||
| Sourced total | |||
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Cap or Cup · league-wide signals
Who is earning the cap hit
Each priced WSH skater compared with every priced skater at the same position in the league. Open a signal for the full drill-down on the league board: the tests, the numbers, and what would change it.
Private scenario · 2026–27
Washington Capitals cap planner
Enter figures you trust. The planner never turns missing contract data into a published total, and saves only in this browser.
Line 1
Beauvillier · Protas · Strome · Tuch · Wilson · Jenner · Dubois
Line 2
Sourdif · Kyrou
Line 3
Ovechkin · Leonard
Line 4
Frank
Pair 1
Chychrun · Roy · Liljegren
Pair 2
Fehervary · Sandin
Pair 3
Desharnais
Projected lineup · as of 2026-10-12
Washington Capitals as the feed projects it
Sportradar NHL API v7, team depth charts depth chart (licensed feed (30-day trial)): the club's intended lines, pairs, power-play units and goalie order, under Spencer Carbery. Measured lines above come from last season's shift charts; this is what the club says it means to do. "Expected starter" is first on the chart, not a confirmed start.
Line 1 · Alex Ovechkin · Ilya Protas · Aliaksei Protas
Line 2 · Alex Tuch · Justin Sourdif · Tom Wilson
Line 3 · Ryan Leonard · Dylan Strome · Jordan Kyrou
Line 4 · Ethen Frank · Boone Jenner · Anthony Beauvillier
Pair 1 · Jakob Chychrun · Timothy Liljegren
Pair 2 · Martin Fehervary · Vincent Desharnais
Pair 3 · Cole Hutson · Dylan McIlrath
Power play 1 · Tom Wilson · Dylan Strome · Ryan Leonard · Alex Ovechkin · Jakob Chychrun
Power play 2 · Alex Tuch · Ilya Protas · Ethen Frank · Cole Hutson · Jordan Kyrou
Goalies · expected starter Logan Thompson · Charlie Lindgren
Official roster
Who is in the organization now
| Player | # | Pos | Age | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | ||||
| Anthony Beauvillier | 72 | R | ||
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 80 | C | ||
| Ethen Frank | 53 | R | ||
| Boone Jenner | 22 | C | ||
| Jordan Kyrou | 25 | R | ||
| Ryan Leonard | 9 | R | ||
| Ivan Miroshnichenko | 63 | L | ||
| Alex Ovechkin | 8 | L | ||
| Aliaksei Protas | 21 | L | ||
| Ilya Protas | 62 | L | ||
| Justin Sourdif | 34 | C | ||
| Dylan Strome | 17 | C | ||
| Alex Tuch | 89 | R | ||
| Tom Wilson | 43 | R | ||
| Defense · | ||||
| Jakob Chychrun | 6 | D | ||
| Vincent Desharnais | 73 | D | ||
| Martin Fehérváry | 42 | D | ||
| Justin Holl | 4 | D | ||
| Cole Hutson | 44 | D | ||
| Timothy Liljegren | 27 | D | ||
| Dylan McIlrath | 52 | D | ||
| Matt Roy | 3 | D | ||
| Goalies · | ||||
| Charlie Lindgren | 79 | G | ||
| Logan Thompson | 48 | G | ||
2025–26 production
Last season’s scoring leaders
Club totals with WSH.
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1Range not available Alex OvechkinL | |||||
| #2Range not available Tom WilsonR | |||||
| #3Range not available Jakob ChychrunD | |||||
| #4Range not available Dylan StromeC | |||||
| #5Range not available Aliaksei ProtasL | |||||
| #6Range not available John CarlsonD | |||||
| #7Range not available Connor McMichaelL | |||||
| #8Range not available Ryan LeonardR | |||||
| #9Range not available Justin SourdifC | |||||
| #10Range not available Rasmus SandinD |
Shots for
shots a game, expected per shot
Shots against
allowed a game, expected per shot
From the video · model judgement
How they gained the zone in condensed game
Read from the league's free condensed games: entries carried in against dumped in, entries denied at the line for and against, and the rest of what the model could see. A condensed game is a sample of the game, so these are observations from the games read, not season counts.
Games read: PHI at WSH (2026010020).
Coaching style · 2025-26
rolls four lines; hard line-matcher at home; sits back with a lead
How the bench was run, measured from the shift charts and the play-by-play (a mid-season coaching change is not separated). Each is set against the league median; style words appear only where the club is clearly away from it.
System group
Plays like Los Angeles Kings, Florida Panthers, Detroit Red Wings, Calgary Flames, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils, Nashville Predators, Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks
Four groups found by clustering every club's shot profile for and against. The group is described only by the features that set it apart from the league; no label is invented for it.
Goal archive ·
Washington Capitals: every goal, with the league's video
Preseason, regular season and playoffs are kept apart. Each row links to the NHL's own highlight page; no video is hosted here. Where a clip has been reviewed, the reading of it is a model judgement of the frames, not a measurement.
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Assistant GM
Washington Capitals: the front-office read
Every idea below is computed from sourced contracts, 2025–26 production, roster lanes, pick ownership and standings. Nothing is a rumour. Prices are computed guides from production and contract surplus, not market quotes.
Direction and front office
Holding
Standing pat: little trade activity.
How this GM trades: . Sunk-cost risk: unknown.
Decisions that cannot wait
Most urgent
Ranked by how soon the decision is forced: offer-sheet dates, cap compliance, deadlines and sell-offs.
Brandt Clarke (LAK)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Seth Jones (FLA)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Sam Malinski (COL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Anthony Beauvillier
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Plan for the cap you might get
Cap outlook
Sourced commitments against the announced or projected ceiling, and against a flat cap at today's (the ceiling stayed flat in 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24). Unpriced contracts are not counted, so real room is smaller.
| Season | Committed | Ceiling | Room (projected) | Room (flat cap) | Needs growth | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | ||||||
| 2027–28 | ||||||
| 2028–29 | ||||||
| 2029–30 |
Long, expensive contracts: Alex Tuch ( through 2033–34: ); Jakob Chychrun ( through 2032–33: ); Pierre-Luc Dubois ( through 2030–31: ); Jordan Kyrou ( through 2030–31: ); Tom Wilson ( through 2030–31: ); Martin Fehérváry ( through 2032–33: ); Logan Thompson ( through 2030–31: ); Boone Jenner ( through 2029–30: ); Matt Roy ( through 2029–30: ).
Expansion: none announced
Protection slots are worth something
The NHL has not approved or announced an expansion team or expansion draft. In June 2026 it gave the Friedkin family a six-month window to explore a second Texas team in Houston or Austin (about $3.5 billion for the fee and an arena). The Board of Governors met on September 22, 2026 without announcing a decision; any expansion would still need a vote of the Board. No expansion draft is announced. Reported, not official: a Houston or Austin team could be awarded before the end of 2026 and would begin play in 2029-30, which would put its expansion draft in June 2029. The league is also reported to be talking with at least two other groups about a 34th team. Checks here apply the rules to today's rosters and contracts as a planning scenario, not a forecast. The format is not announced either: one new club per draft (a club could face a draft in consecutive years) or two clubs in the same draft (a club could lose two players at once). Under the 2021 rules a club protects 7 forwards, 3 defencemen and 1 goalie (or 8 skaters and 1 goalie). Every no-movement clause in force must be protected and uses a slot, so its real cost is the player it pushes off.
If a draft is announced: ask a no-move player to waive for the draft, trade an exposed player now rather than lose them for nothing, or make a side deal with the expansion club to steer its pick.
Where the roster is thin
Needs
A position (centre, wing, defence pair or goal) counts as a need when most of its regulars are unsigned past this season, or when they produce below the league average for that position.
Right-shot defence
- Established
- Signed for 2027–28
- Lane 5v5 pts/60
See it coming
Offer-sheet exposure
This club's own RFAs for summer 2027: what their production is worth on the open market, which compensation band an aggressive offer would fall in, and whether the club could match with the room it has committed. The 2027–28 ceiling is not set; this uses the current ceiling.
No pending RFA carries offer-sheet risk.
Players other clubs might move
Trade targets
Realistic targets, not wish lists: young players stuck behind veterans, salary a cap-strapped club has to move, rentals on selling clubs, and good contracts priced by what they are worth. Young franchise-core players and anyone with a no-move or full no-trade clause are left out.
Brandt Clarke (LAK)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Seth Jones (FLA)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Sam Malinski (COL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Ty Gallagher (BOS)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
- Price guide
Luca Marrelli (CBJ)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
- Price guide
Ty Nelson (SEA)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
- Price guide
Nick Perbix (NSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- Projected slot
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Ilya Lyubushkin (NSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Brandon Carlo (STL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
John Carlson (TBL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Sean Durzi (NYR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Sean Walker (CAR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Tony DeAngelo (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Jordan Spence (OTT)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Nils Lundkvist (DAL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Restricted free agents, summer 2027
Offer-sheet candidates
RFAs at clubs tight on cap. Compensation depends on the offer's AAV band and must be paid in the offering club's own picks; the Carlsson offer sheet in July 2026 showed how far a club will go to match.
Matias Maccelli (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Calum Ritchie (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- Own 2027 picks held
Gabe Perreault (NYR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Maxim Shabanov (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Trades with three or more clubs
Multi-team ideas
Chains where every club receives a player in a need lane, gives up roughly what it gets, and stays under the cap. Salary retention is used at most once per contract (the 2025 MOU bars a second retention on the same contract within 75 regular-season days) and never above 50%.
No three-to-five-club chain involving this club passes every check right now.
Ideas to start from
Trade concepts
Each is priced from the player's tier and the contract's surplus over its remaining term, then cap-checked: salary in against salary out. A shape to test, not a final price.
Concept: Ty Gallagher (BOS)
- Contract
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: John Carlson (TBL)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Sean Durzi (NYR)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Sean Walker (CAR)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Sell while the price is high
Sell-high candidates
Players in their prime who produce more than their cap hit suggests, with the deal ending within two seasons: the moment their trade value peaks.
Anthony Beauvillier
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Dylan Strome
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Jakob Chychrun
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Alex Tuch
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Players to build around
Young players to build around
Players under 24, judged on NHL games played and five-on-five scoring rate, their prospect ranking, and what they are producing now.
Ryan Leonard
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Ilya Protas
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Cole Hutson
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Andrew Cristall
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
Terik Parascak
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
Summer 2027
Free-agent targets
Pending UFAs (26 to 32, no extension signed) in this club's need lanes. The current cap hit is shown for reference, not as an estimate of the next contract.
Artem Zub (OTT)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- White noise
Alexandre Carrier (MTL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
League context
Where the market is going
Price of production at signing: cap hit per point of pace in the season before the deal, from the sourced contract ledger. Samples depend on how many deals are priced.
The ledger holds contracts still active in 2026-27, so one- and two-year deals signed in 2024 are missing from the 2024 column. Segments with different term mixes are therefore not comparable here; the term-matched reading is the pricing study on the integrity page.
Goalies: by raw save percentage, a goalie's season after changing teams is almost unrelated to the one before (correlation across moves, vs for goalies who stayed). Adjusted for shot quality the gap disappears ( stayed vs moved): the system changes the shots a goalie faces, so judge goalies on goals saved above expected. of established-goalie trades returned a first-round pick against for productive skaters ( goalie trades: a small sample).
Largest cap hits signed in summer 2026: Leo Carlsson (), Connor Bedard (), Cutter Gauthier (), Pavel Dorofeyev (), Alex Tuch ().
Ask the Washington Capitals assistant GM
Answers use only the ideas above, the club's contracts and trades, and the CBA, and cite each one. If the facts do not support an answer, it says so.
GM horizon
Chris Patrick: 2.2 years in
How long GMs have lasted since 1967, and what that implies for a GM who has served this long. A GM who expects to be gone soon has a reason to buy today; this is the base rate, not a read on him.
Win-now premium
Washington Capitals: what deadline rentals cost
A rental is a pending unrestricted free agent bought between January 1 and the deadline. Its price is the pick value sent, in expected career NHL games. Part of a price can be rational: a win is worth more to a club on the playoff line. This splits the price above the league mean into what the standings on the trade date explain and what they do not.
Win value is the rise in the club's chance of reaching the playoff line from one more win, in percentage points. Units are expected career games of the picks sent; a price in cap-share dollars needs the Worth model on rentals, which is not adopted. Not netted: the rental's quality, salary retained by the seller, and players or prospects sent. A rental's expiry is quoted from the trade's NHL.com story, or from the contract archive where the story is silent (an archive expiry can be a restricted one).
Farm-system consensus · front-office read
The system should create useful NHL players, but its stars and organizational fit still decide the ceiling.
- 01Map every realistic graduation before buying a veteran blocker.
- 02Price surplus prospects by role probability, not name recognition.
- 03Protect the premium ceiling; trade from repeated position depth.
Draft picks · 2027–2029
Washington Capitals picks
Every round for the next three drafts: the club's own picks, picks it has acquired, and picks it has traded away, with any conditions. "Own" means the pick was checked against the club's trades since 2023; "Own, unconfirmed" means no trade is on record but that check has not been done.
Roster moves · as of 2026-10-17
Washington Capitals roster moves
Waivers, claims, injured-reserve placements, assignments to the minors and signings in the last 45 days, as the club announced them (Sportradar NHL API v7, league transfers feed; licensed feed (30-day trial)). Facts, not inferences: no cause is read into an injured-reserve placement, and what each move does to the cap lives on the cap table.
Pierre-Luc Dubois
Jonny Brodzinski
Rasmus Sandin
Matt Roy
Justin Holl
Rasmus Sandin
Clay Stevenson
Cal Petersen
Louie Belpedio
Spencer Smallman
Jonny Brodzinski
Clay Stevenson
Jacob MacDonald
Alexander Suzdalev
Petr Sikora
Tyler Kopff
Justin Holl
Mitchell Gibson
Jacob MacDonald
Josh Dunne
Bogdan Trineyev
Ludwig Persson
Patrick Thomas
Ben Kraws
Garin Bjorklund
Jeremie Biakabutuka
Jon McDonald
Tyler Kopff
Petr Sikora
Alexander Suzdalev
Patrick Thomas
Injury listings · as of 2026-10-18
Washington Capitals injury listings
What the club has published (Sportradar NHL API v7, league injuries feed; licensed feed (30-day trial)): status, body area, listed-since and expected-return dates. CapOrCup infers no cause from a listing and keeps its own availability measure, games not dressed, separate.
Waiver wire · last 3 league days
Placed on waivers, league-wide
Every player any club placed on waivers in the last three league days, with what the feed shows next: claimed, cleared to the minors, or nothing yet. A claim costs no assets, only a roster spot and the whole contract, and claiming priority follows the standings.
Jacob Bernard-Docker
Aatu Raty
Alex Barre-Boulet
Fit components (description)
Who fits here: fit: not yet validated
No ranking of who fits Washington Capitals is shown until the move backtest passes. What follows describes how Washington Capitals plays and is coached, and the roster rules any addition must clear. The lane-based matchmaker stays on the Assistant GM.
Head coach: , in charge since 2023-10-13 (249 regular-season games on file). Assistants: Not on file.
How this staff has used players (2025-26), against what position and prior minutes predict:
Contracts counted toward the 50 limit: . Active roster for the 23-man limit: Not on file.
as of 2026-04-16
Washington Capitals
trades
Buffalo Sabres receive
GM: Jarmo Kekalainen
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
- Tyler Kopff
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
- 2026 4th-round pick ()
Columbus Blue Jackets receive
GM: Don Waddell
- 2026 4th-round pick ()
- 2028 5th-round pick · now back with WSH
New Jersey Devils receive
GM: Sunny Mehta
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
- 2027 4th-round pick · now owned by WSH
Pittsburgh Penguins receive
GM: Kyle Dubas
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now owned by WSH
- 2028 5th-round pick · now owned by NSH
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
Buffalo Sabres receive
GM: Jarmo Kekalainen
- David Kampf
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now back with WSH
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
St. Louis Blues receive
GM: Doug Armstrong
- Connor McMichael
- Milton Gastrin
- 2026 1st-round pick ()
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
- Wyatt Bongiovanni
Ottawa Senators receive
GM: Steve Staios
- Graeme Clarke
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
- David Kampf
Vancouver Canucks receive
GM: Patrik Allvin
- 2026 6th-round pick
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
San Jose Sharks receive
GM: Mike Grier
- 2026 4th-round pick
Anaheim Ducks receive
GM: Pat Verbeek
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
- 2026 1st-round pick · conditional
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now owned by WSH
Vegas Golden Knights receive
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
- Jesper Vikman
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now owned by WSH
- 2029 2nd-round pick · now owned by WSH
St. Louis Blues receive
GM: Doug Armstrong
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
- 2025 3rd-round pick · No. 96
- 2027 7th-round pick · now owned by WSH
Ottawa Senators receive
GM: Steve Staios
- 2025 3rd-round pick · No. 93
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
- Declan Chisholm
- 2025 6th-round pick · No. 180
Minnesota Wild receive
GM: Bill Guerin
- Chase Priskie
- 2025 4th-round pick · No. 123
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
Florida Panthers receive
GM: Bill Zito
- 2026 2nd-round pick
- 2027 6th-round pick · now back with WSH
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
Pittsburgh Penguins receive
GM: Kyle Dubas
- 2025 2nd-round pick
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Chris Patrick
Pittsburgh Penguins receive
GM: Kyle Dubas
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now back with WSH
- 2025 5th-round pick
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Brian MacLellan
Ottawa Senators receive
GM: Steve Staios
- Nick Jensen
- 2026 3rd-round pick
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Brian MacLellan
Vegas Golden Knights receive
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
- 3rd-round pick
- 2025 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres receive
GM: Kevyn Adams
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Brian MacLellan
- 2024 2nd-round pick
How the ledger is built
- 2024–25 onward: parsed from NHL.com's season trade pages, which list every trade. Each card links to the NHL.com announcement.
- 2019–20 to 2023–24: parsed from NHL.com trade announcements tagged to a club. Some trades are missing; those seasons are marked partial.
- "Details incomplete" means the announcement did not state one side; the original sentence is shown instead of a guess.
- Picks in 2027–2029 show their current owner from the verified pick ledger.
Statistical schedule · 2026-27 · as of 2026-10-18
Washington Capitals: difficulty rank #11Range not available
Every game priced by the model with the club's rest state. Difficulty averages four league ranks (opponents , rest , travel , back-to-backs ); expected points is the model's own forecast and depends on the club as much as the schedule. League table on the schedule page.
By month: 2026-10: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-11: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-12: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-01: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-02: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-03: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-04: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back.
Game by game
games
Price is the model's chance for this club at the morning of the game with rest known; it moves when rosters are published. The spot names what the schedule did to the club that night.