Tarik El-Bashir of The Athletic: The Washington Capitals will likely be buyers at the trade deadline. The Capitals don’t have a lot of cap/LTIR space to work with.
They could look for a veteran goaltender to go along with Ilya Samsonov and Vitek Vanecek. The Caps have a history under Brian MacLellan of adding a defenseman at the trade deadline.
A look at the Washington Capitals trade tiers.
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