With Washington returning the vast majority of its lineup from last season’s Stanley Cup-winning run, there weren’t supposed to be many surprises on the opening-night roster. Today’s mailbag projects the opening-night roster. #izzymailbag — Lindsey 🐝 (@lindseyclarke) September 26, 2018The Capitals play their final exhibition game Sunday against St. Louis, so the situation could still be fluid, but I’ll take an early stab at projecting the opening-night roster. The Capitals reassigned forward Shane Gersich to the American Hockey League, and wingers Riley Barber and Liam O’Brien were waived. He played in 51 games last season, and he’s in the first year of a new one-way, two-year deal worth $2 million.

Source: Washington Post September 29, 2018 17:39 UTC