Washington Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette spoke about narrowing the roster earlier in the day. Those decisions were announced Tuesday afternoon.
Five players have been sent back to their respective teams. The transactions leave the current roster at a total of 49 — 44 skaters and five goaltenders.
By Chris Cerullo 8 months ago
Martin Has has made the Czech Republic’s U-20 World Junior Championship team for the second consecutive year, joining Connor McMichael as the only two Capitals representatives in the tournament.
Before flying to the Edmonton bubble, the 19-year-old defenseman was playing for HC Benatky nad Jizerou of the 2nd Czech Republic Hockey League. The right-handed defenseman was loaned to the Czech team by the OHL’s Guelph Storm because the OHL’s season is paused due to the pandemic.
Martin Haš scored his first career goal in the U-20 World Junior Championship, Saturday.
The towering defenseman tallied three points in the Czech Republic’s 4-3 upset loss to Germany on Saturday.
The Capitals selected Haš in the fifth round (153rd overall) in the 2019 NHL Draft.
The 2019 NHL Draft has concluded and the Washington Capitals ended up with four players selected within the first five rounds of action.
It’s time to evaluate how they did after a few days of observation.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
After moving up into the third round to take Aliaksei Protas, the Capitals moved some more picks to jump up into the fifth round at #153 overall. There with their probable final selection, they picked up Czech born defenseman Martin Hugo Has.
They sent their seventh round selection this year (#211 overall) and their seventh round pick in next year’s draft to the San Jose Sharks and got this pick in return.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
