Yesterday Andrew talked about Marcus Johansson, a former Washington Capitals forward who left the team through no fault of his own. His dealing was the unfortunate part of sports being a business because the Capitals needed money to extend the contracts of Dmitry Orlov, T.J. Oshie and ultimately Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov’s big pay day came at the price of having to ship Johansson to New Jersey. The rest of that summer, national experts talked about how the Capitals’ championship window had closed. Less than a year later and we all know what happened.
As joyous as it was for us as Capitals fans and for everyone a part of the team, for former faces it was tough.