Washington Capitals

NHL movement just getting started going into free agency

As New York Rangers players cleaned out their lockers after a second-round playoff exit, all the talk was about impending change. Big moves leading up to and at the draft by the Rangers, rival New York Islanders, Chicago Blackhawks and others set up a potentially crazy week to come going into free agency

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Capitals will explore all options to find help on defense

With Schmidt gone and potential unrestricted free agent defensemen Karl Alzner and Kevin Shattenkirk unlikely to be re-signed because of salary cap concerns, MacLellan is ready to explore all options. "We have a job opening," MacLellan said. "We don't have a plan. We're going to

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These 6 NHL teams have work to do before free agency

CHICAGO – After the Nashville Predators marched to the Stanley Cup Final on the strength of elite defense and savvy goaltending it's easy to understand why the Calgary Flames surrendered a 2018 first-round pick and two second-round picks to land defenseman Travis Hamonic from the New York Islanders