As everyone knows, Nate Schmidt, was taken by the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL Expansion Draft. Now the Washington Capitals have a job opening for a fourth defenseman. There are a couple of ways this could be done: Trade, free agency, or internally. The problem with trade or free agency involves salary cap space. With several other RFA’s due for raises: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, Andre Burakovsky, what better way to clear some of that up than by trading away RFA goaltender Philipp Grubauer?
How Trading Philipp Grubauer Can Improve the Caps’ Defense
