Rasmus Sandin will remain with the Washington Capitals for the foreseeable future after signing a five-year, $23 million contract extension on Wednesday.
As part of the new contract, Sandin will count $4.6 million against the NHL salary cap through the 2028-29 season.
Sandin, who will be a restricted free agent this summer with the possibility of arbitration, has improved his game since joining the Capitals from Toronto a year ago in a trade deadline move that cost them a first-round selection pick. Sandin has averaged more than 21 minutes of ice time and scored 20 points in 52 games this season, proving that the price was justified.
Rasmus Sandin will remain with the Washington Capitals for the foreseeable future after signing a five-year, $23 million contract extension on Wednesday.
As part of the new contract, Sandin will count $4.6 million against the NHL salary cap through the 2028-29 season.
Sandin, who will be a restricted free agent this summer with the possibility of arbitration, has improved his game since joining the Capitals from Toronto a year ago in a trade deadline move that cost them a first-round selection pick. Sandin has averaged more than 21 minutes of ice time and scored 20 points in 52 games this season, proving that the price was justified.
Re-signing Sandin comes after the Capitals traded Anthony Mantha to the Vegas Golden Knights for a 2024 second-round and 2026 fourth-round pick. They could potentially make moves involving other pending free agents Joel Edmundson, Max Pacioretty, and Nicolas Aube-Kubel, and they are getting calls about prized fourth-line center Nic Dowd.
“It can be a tough time,” Edmundson said on Tuesday. “It might be exhausting to constantly thinking about what can happen, so we’re just trying to keep things light at the rink and take everyone’s mind off it. This happens every year; it might be a stressful time for many guys, but it’s part of the job.”
Aube-Kubel, who helped Colorado win it all in 2022 and memorably dented the Stanley Cup by dumping it on the ice during the postgame celebration, said he hasn’t considered trades.
“I think it just brings anxiety and stress, which I’m against,” Aube-Kubel added. “Just try to stay as Zen as possible.”
General manager Brian MacLellan has stated that he wants to add young players to the mix even while selling, similar to the transaction he made with the Maple Leafs for Sandin. Getting high picks and flipping them is still possible before Friday’s deadline.
“That would be ideal,” MacLellan remarked last week. “That would be the type of thing we’re looking to do, yes.”
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