With the Washington Capitals and Chandler Stephenson settling on a one year $1.05M deal late Friday night, the Capitals now sit a little over $1.3M in cap with a full 23 man roster of 14 forwards, seven defensemen, and two goalie. Obviously this won’t work and the Capitals will have to shed salary to be able to ice a proper roster come opening night October 2nd. So what are their options?
First, it’s important to note that unless the Capitals shed some big salary, Stephenson simply cannot be on the roster opening night.