Brian MacLellan has been a busy bee over the last few weeks, and one of the focuses of his work has been on shaping the team’s blueline for the foreseeable future. Heading into the trade deadline, only John Carlson was under contract for next season; since then, the Caps have ditched two soon-to-be UFAs in Dmitry Orlov and Erik Gustafsson, re-signed two more in Nick Jensen and Trevor van Riemsdyk, and acquired Rasmus Sandin, who is signed through next season.
That leaves pending RFAs Martin Fehervary, Alex Alexeyev, and Gabriel Carlsson, the first of two at least who will almost certainly be re-signed - and rounds out what should be a pretty solid, if not particularly flashy, blueline for 2023-24 and potentially beyond.