From final cuts to potentials Alex Ovechkin’s workload and victory songs, Part 1 of this month’s monster Capitals mailbag covers a lot. So let’s get right to it.
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I’m sure you will cover this in your next article but, to me, a critical question is now gamesmanship with waivers. These are the rules. Aliaksei Protas, Connor McMichaelHendrix Lapierre,, and. Conversely, Axel Jonsson-Fjällby, Brett Leason, Garrett Pilon, Joe Snively Henrik BorgströmThis would include the NHL veterans on the team as well as any other players. While I feel the risk is low, it is not impossible to imagine how Brian MacLellan (GM) and his team would think and plan for waiver risks. — Bill H.
By now, I’m sure everyone has seen the Caps’ final cuts: Borgstrom, Lucas JohansenJonssonFjallby, Leason and Jonsson-Fjallby were all placed on waivers Sunday in the hope of being sent to Hershey. These were the four last players to be trimmed before
