Rumors are starting to surface that the Capitals may trade Evgeny Kuznetsov. Lost in the aftermath of the Tom Wilson incident and his wrist slap of $5000 for body-slamming Artemi Panarin, was the fact Washington scratched two players before the game. Goalie Ilya Samsonov and center Evgeny Kuznetsov were taken out of the lineup for disciplinary reasons.
Capitals may trade Evgeny Kuznetsov
“It’s not about that. It’s about we’ve got to work together inside here,” head coach Peter Laviolette answered when asked if it was hard decision. “There’s got to be rules, there’s got to be boundaries and there’s got to expectations set and you have to be accountable to them.