The Washington Capitals are gradually getting to their final roster lineup for the 2024-25 season. The team announced they trimmed their roster down to 31 players. The final amount the organization can run with is 23. It will not be long before the final group for the Capitals is confirmed.
Training Camp Roster Sent to the Hershey Bears
The Capitals sent ten players to their AHL affiliate Hershey Bears. Zac Funk, Alexander Suzdalev, Bogdan Trineyev, Pierrick Dube, and Henrik Rybinski are the forwards sent down. On the blue line, the Bears also receive defensemen Vincent Iorio, Nicky Leivermann, and Jake Massie (both Leivermann and Massie are on AHL deals). Hershey also gets three goalies in Clay Stevenson and Mitch Gibson.
Training Camp Roster Rehabbing in Hershey
In addition to the ten talents sent down to Hershey, the AHL club receives four players continuing to rehab. Two forwards in this group are Luke Philp and Spencer Smallman. The other two who are rehabbing with the Bears are defenders Logan Day and Jon McDonald. Both blueliners have AHL contracts with the Bears.
Training Camp Players Waived for the Bears and OHL Returnee
Washington waived three forwards and two defensemen to send them to Hershey. The forwards are Ethen Frank, Alex Limoges, and Riley Sutter. Meanwhile, Chase Priskie and Hardy Haman Aktell are the two defenders on waivers.
Forward Ilya Protas was the only talent on the remaining training camp roster heading to his junior team. He rejoins the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
Washington has two more preseason games remaining, before they kick off their regular season on October 12 against the New Jersey Devils. The club’s next preseason game is Monday in Columbus against the Blue Jackets at 7:00 P.M. Then, they complete the 2024 preseason with a 5:00 P.M. home game versus the Boston Bruins on October 5.
