The Washington Capitals are staying busy before the trade deadline in two days.
The team announced that Rasmus Sandin has agreed to a five-year extension worth $4.6 million per season. The slick, Swedish defenseman was scheduled to become a restricted free agent in the summer.
Sandin’s new deal is a raise of $3.2 million from the $1.4 million he has made this season and the last.
The #ALLCAPS Rasmus Sandin 5 year $4.6M Cap Hit extension:
Yr 1 $3M Base & $2M Signing Bonus
Yr 2 3M Base & 2M SB
Yr 3 3.5M Base & 1M SB
Yr 4 3.5M Base & 1M SB
Yr 5 3.0M Base & 1M SBDoes not include trade protection
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The extension will see the 23-year-old Sandin remain under contract with the Capitals through the 2028-29 season. He joins Tom Wilson and Aliaksei Protas as the three players on the current roster who have contracts that long with the Caps.
In 52 games this season, Sandin has recorded 20 points (3g, 17a), skating the second-most minutes per game of any player on the team (21:19).
Sandin was originally acquired by the Capitals at last year’s trade deadline in a deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs. To get him, the Capitals sent defenseman Erik Gustafsson and a 2023 first-round draft pick that they received from the Boston Bruins in an earlier deal involving Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway.
GIMME FIVE, SANDMAN‼️
The Washington Capitals have re-signed defenseman Rasmus Sandin to a five-year contract extension. Sandin’s contract will carry an average annual value of $4.6 million.#ALLCAPS
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 6, 2024
Here’s the press release from the Capitals:
Capitals Re-sign Defenseman Rasmus Sandin
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have re-signed defenseman Rasmus Sandin to a five-year contract extension, president and general manager Brian MacLellan announced today. Sandin’s contract will carry an average annual value of $4.6 million.
Sandin, who turns 24 on March 7, has recorded 20 points (3g, 17a) in 52 games this season. The 5’11”, 189-pound defenseman ranks second on the Capitals in ice time per game (21:19), which marks a single-season career high. Among Capitals defensemen, Sandin ranks second in goals, assists and points and third in blocked shots (85).Sandin, who recorded 15 points (3g, 12a) in 19 games with Washington last season after being acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 28, 2023, set career highs in games played (71), goals (7), assists (28) and points (35) in 2022-23, more than doubling his previous career-high point total. Since making his Capitals debut on March 4, 2023, Sandin ranks tied for first among Washington blueliners in goals (6) and second in games played (71), assists (29), points (35), power-play points (9) and ice time per game (21:46)
Sandin was selected by Toronto in the first round (29th overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft. In 211 career NHL games with Washington and Toronto, Sandin has recorded 83 points (16g, 67a). Among defensemen in his draft class, Sandin ranks sixth in even-strength points (62), seventh in games played and assists and eighth in points.
Internationally, Sandin has represented Sweden at the 2023 IIHF World Championship and the 2019 and 2020 World Junior Championships, earning a bronze medal in 2020. The Uppsala, Sweden native recorded 10 points (3g, 7a) in seven games during the 2020 tournament, which led all defensemen and was named the tournament’s top defenseman.
