The contract runs three years and Aliaksei Protas will earn an AAV of $716,666 from the Washington Capitals. After selecting Brett Leason in the second round of the 2019 NHL Draft, the Capitals traded their fourth-round pick to the New Jersey Devils for the late third-round selection of the 91st pick.
The Capitals used that pick to select Aliaksei Protas and like Leason may have vouched if he did talk about him to General Manager Brian MacLellan, the Capitals took a gem with that selection. Leason can confirm that as a teammate and this duo will be a star-powered line combo in Washington one day.