Having a tight salary cap situation isn’t anything new to the Washington Capitals but now general manager Brian MacLellan has been put to the ultimate test. With just over $935,706 (per CapFriendly) which young RFA do they pay? Sad fact is they can’t pay both Christian Djoos and Chandler Stephenson unless one of them wants to take a significant paycut, which neither do.
The Capitals just extended the contract of Jakub Vrana to a two-year bridge deal worth $6.7 million, an AAV of $3.35 million for the next two seasons. Vrana got a good chunk of the pie but now it’s a matter of who gets the final piece.