ARLINGTON, VA — The Capitals welcomed a new face to DC on Wednesday as offseason acquisition Justin Sourdif hit the ice with his teammates at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.
Sourdif, 23, became the latest player to join the team’s informal skates, with both Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson arriving earlier this week.
The Capitals traded for Sourdif in June, dealing a 2026 second-round pick and a 2027 sixth-round pick to the Florida Panthers in arguably their biggest move of a largely quiet offseason. Sourdif, who was a pending restricted free agent, then signed a two-year deal with Washington worth $825,000 per season.
A former third-round pick in 2020, Sourdif has spent most of his professional career in the AHL, playing a total of four games for the Panthers over two seasons. He recorded 34 regular-season points (16g, 18a) for the Charlotte Checkers in 2024-25, adding 10 postseason points (4g, 6a) in the team’s run to the Calder Cup Finals.
Capitals general manager Chris Patrick told reporters after the deal that Washington had repeatedly tried to trade for Sourdif, comparing the move to the team’s acquisition of Rasmus Sandin in 2023.
“He’s a guy we’ve liked for a few years,” Patrick said then. “We’ve tried to get him a couple times from Florida. We see a guy that’s competitive, smart, can play wing and center, plays both special teams at the AHL level…For us, it felt like these are the kind of deals that we’ve had success with in the past with a guy like Rasmus Sandin, where we use a first to get him. Now, obviously, he was more established in the NHL, but we view it as a similar type (of) deal.”
On-ice activities for the Capitals’ 2025 Training Camp will begin on September 18, with Opening Night set for October 8 against the Boston Bruins.
