News came out of Kettler Capitals Iceplex on Wednesday that the Washington Capitals had re-signed goaltender Pheonix Copley to a two-year deal worth $1.3 million.
The deal is two-way in the first year and one-way in the second, and carries an AAV of $650,000.
In 2016-2017, Copley (who spells his freaking name P-H-E-O-N-I-X and will absolutely be the bane of my spellchecking existence from here on out) played just 16 regular season games and 9 playoff games for the AHL’s Hershey Bears. He was utterly stellar in those appearances, though, posting a 2.15 GA average and a .