The Washington Capitals announced on Thursday that it is loaning 24-year-old forward prospect, Damien Riat, to the Lausanne HC of the Swiss National League.
According to the Capitals, Riat will be eligible to return to North America at the conclusion of the National League’s 2021-22 season.
Capitals defense prospect Bobby Nardella is the latest Caps prospect to be loaned overseas for the upcoming season as he is headed to Djurgardens IF of the Swedish Hockey League.
Nardella, who was signed as a college free agent by the Caps in April of 2019, has played 43 games for the Hershey Bears over the course of the last two seasons. Unlike their other recent loaning of prospects, the Caps did not put any conditional language in their press release on the loaning of Nardella that indicates he will be called back for training camp so we are to believe that this is a full season loan.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
Capitals draft pick Axel Jonsson-Fjallby will start the 2020-21 season in his native Sweden.
The forward prospect, who spent his first full season in Hershey last year, will play for Vastervik IK of the HockeyAllsvenskan – Sweden’s second-tier hockey league. Before and after being drafted by the Caps, Jonsson-Fjallby played for the SHL’s Djurgårdens IF.
The loan comes with a stipulation that the Capitals can recall AJF for training camp.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals announced that they’ve loaned defenseman Alex Alexeyev to Salavat Yulaev of the KHL.
The move will give Alexeyev, one of the team’s top prospects, a chance to continue to develop and play competitive hockey while there’s uncertainty surrounding the start of the 2020-21 season.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals announced on Friday that they’re loaning 2019 third-round pick Aliaksei Protas to the KHL to begin next season. Protas will suit up for Dinamo Minsk, which is located in his home country of Belarus.
The Caps added that they expect to recall the mammoth forward back to North America either for the start of the Western Hockey League’s (WHL) 2020-21 season or Capitals’ Training Camp.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals announced this morning that two of their prospects, who appeared likely to start next season with the Hershey Bears, have been loaned to Swiss National League teams to begin the year.
Damien Riat has been loaned to Geneve-Servette and Tobias Geisser will join EV Zug.
The Capitals signed Riat to a two-year entry-level contract on March 5 and Geisser to a three-year ELC with Geisser on March 22, 2018.
