Believe it or not, Rasmus Sandin is one of the better trade-deadline picks by the Caps (Caps Outsider)
Today is the NHL Trade Deadline, and the Capitals were sellers this season as they traded away Evgeny Kuznetsov, Anthony Mantha, and Joel Edmundson for draft picks.
Since the Alex Ovechkin era began in 2005-06, Washington typically gets short-term rentals prior to playoff runs, with the most successful acquisition being Michal Kempny in the 2018 Stanley Cup season, considering that they actually won that year. Even the Rasmus Sandin trade, which happened last year, is one of their better moves considering he just signed a contract and will be around for the foreseeable future.
Most of these trades, however, didn’t lead to very much, and often cost the team several draft picks, who in turn didn’t turn out to very much, either. We would have included those, too, but the players ultimately picked aren’t exactly household names.
| Season | Acquired | Lost | End season result |
| 2005-06 | Kris Beech (0 goals in five games, 8 the next season)
Rico Fata (4 goals in 31 games over two seasons) |
Jeff Friesen
Brendan Witt |
No playoffs |
| 2006-07 | Andy Hedlund (Hershey)
Jiri Novotny (0 G in 18 games) |
Richard Zednik
Lawrence Nycholat Dainius Zubrus Timo Helbling |
No playoffs |
| 2007-08 | Cristobal Huet (11-2 in 13 games)
Alexandre Giroux (1 goal in 12 games) Sergei Fedorov (15 goals in 91 games) Matt Cooke (3 goals in 24 games) |
Joe Motzko
Theo Ruth Matt Pettinger |
First round exit |
| 2008-09 | N/A | N/A | Second-round exit |
| 2009-10 | Joe Corvo (3 goals in 25 GP)
Eric Belanger (2 goals in 10 GP) Scott Walker (2 goals in 10 GP) Milan Jurcina (two stints, 0 goals) |
Brian Pothier
Oskar Osala |
First-round exit |
| 2010-11 | Jason Arnott (5 goals in 20 games)
Marco Sturm (2 goals in 27 games) Dennis Wideman (12 goals in 110 games) |
David Steckel
Jake Hauswirth |
Second-round exit |
| 2011-12 | Mike Carman (Hershey)
Kevin Marshall (Hershey) |
Matthew Ford
Danny Richmond |
Second-round exit |
| 2012-13 | Martin Erat (2 goals in 62 games)
Michael Latta (played three seasons) |
Filip Forsberg | First-round exit |
| 2013-14 | Jaroslav Halak (5-4-3 in 12 GP)
Dustin Penner (3 P in 18 GP) Rostislav Klesla (Traded) |
Martin Erat
Michal Neuvirth Rostislav Klesla |
No playoffs |
| 2014-15 | Tim Gleason (2 points in 17 games)
Curtis Glencross (7 points in 18 games) |
Jack Hillen | Second-round exit |
| 2015-16 | Mike Richards (2 goals in 39 games)
Mike Weber (0 points in 10 games) Daniel Winnik (played the following season) |
Connor Carrick
Brooks Laich |
Second-round exit |
| 2016-17 | Kevin Shattenkirk (2 goals in 19 games)
Pheonix Copley (re-signed) |
Zachary Sanford | Second-round exit |
| 2017-18 | Michal Kempny (52 P in 180 GP)
Jakub Jerabek (1 goal in 11 games) |
N/A | Stanley Cup title |
| 2018-19 | Carl Hagelin (re-signed)
Nick Jensen (long term contract) |
Madison Bowey | First-round exit |
| 2019-20 | Brendan Dillon (played the following season and dealt)
Ilya Kovalchuk (1 goal in 7 games) Daniel Sprong (played the following season, traded again) |
Christian Djoos
2020 3rd round pick (WSH – #86 – Dylan Peterson) |
First-round exit |
| 2020-21 | Anthony Mantha (played a few seasons and traded again)
Michael Raffl (1 goal in 10 games) |
Jonas Siegenthaler
Richard Panik Jakub Vrana
|
First-round exit |
| 2021-22 | Marcus Johansson (played the following season and traded again)
Johan Larsson (1 goal in 14 games) |
Daniel Sprong | First-round exit |
| 2022-23 | Rasmus Sandin (long term contract)
Craig Smith (5 goals in 22 games) |
Erik Gustafsson
Marcus Johansson Lars Eller Dmitry Orlov Garnet Hathaway Andrei Svetlakov |
No playoffs |
