The Washington Capitals re-signed prospect forward Bogdan Trineyev to a one-year, two-way contract extension on Sunday. The deal is worth $775,000, the league minimum, at the NHL level and $100,000 in Hershey.
Trineyev, selected by the Caps in the fourth round of the 2020 NHL Draft, recorded 22 points (14g, 8a) in 62 games for the AHL’s Hershey Bears this year. He set new career highs in goals, assists, and points in his second full season with the Bears.
Since arriving in Hershey from the KHL’s Dynamo Moscow in 2023, Trineyev has been challenged by head coach Todd Nelson to play a more physical, power forward brand of hockey. The 23-year-old Russian has responded well, becoming one of the team’s most reliable defensive forwards and penalty killers.
Trineyev was on the ice when Matt Strome scored the Calder Cup-winning goal for the Bears last year, and also scored the 2024 Teddy Bear Toss goal.
Nelson praised Trineyev’s development at the Capitals’ rookie camp last September, suggesting that the Russian winger could have a future in the NHL.
“He’s played on — I hate to say first, second, third, fourth line — but our fourth line was the guys that got us the winning goal in Game 6, right?” Nelson said. “And they played a huge role because they all killed penalties, and Bogdan was a big part of that.
“We were joking, Patrick Weller runs the penalty kill, and he said to Bogdan one day, he goes, ‘I think you’re probably the only Russian penalty killer that I’ve seen.’ But he’s an intelligent player.”
Trineyev, known by his nickname “Bogey” in Hershey, has recently been skating on a line with fellow Capitals prospects Ivan Miroshnichenko and Henrik Rybinski. The Bears clinched the AHL’s Atlantic Division on Friday night, with both Trineyev and Miroshnichenko scoring in a 4-2 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Trineyev was scheduled to become a restricted free agent this summer.
Here’s the full press release from the Washington Capitals:
Capitals Re-sign Bogdan Trineyev
2024 Calder Cup champ and 2020 draft pick has recorded 21 points with Hershey this season
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have re-signed forward Bogdan Trineyev to a one-year, two-way contract, senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick announced today. Trineyev’s contract will carry an average annual value of $775,000 at the NHL level and $100,000 in AHL.
Trineyev, 23, has recorded 22 points (14g, 8a) in 62 games with the Hershey Bears (AHL) this season. The 6’3”, 200-pound forward ranks tied for first on the Bears in shorthanded goals (1), third in plus-minus (+13), fifth in shots (109) and sixth in goals.
During his first full AHL season in 2023-24, Trineyev recorded 16 points (9g, 7a) in 63 games with Hershey. The Voronezh, Russia native led Bears rookies in games played and ranked second among first-year players in goals, assists, points and plus-minus (+12). In addition, Trineyev’s three shorthanded goals led Hershey and ranked tied for first among AHL rookies. Trineyev appeared in all 20 games during Hershey’s run to the Calder Cup championship, registering four assists.
Trineyev spent the 2022-23 season with Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), where he recorded 13 points (2g, 11a) in 39 games. Trineyev ranked tied for ninth on the team in assists and tied for seventh in hits (41) in the regular season and added two assists in five KHL playoff games. Trineyev also appeared in two games with Dynamo St. Petersburg of the Supreme Hockey League (Russia-2) and two games with Hershey during the 2022-23 season.
Drafted by the Capitals in the fourth round (117th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft, Trineyev played in two Calder Cup Playoff games with Hershey in 2022, making his AHL debut in Game 2 of the Bears’ first round series against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. In 127 career AHL games, Trineyev has recorded 38 points (23g, 15a) and a +25 plus-minus rating.
