Richard Panik, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
The Washington Capitals now have a little bit of money to spend in the upcoming trade deadline. They were able to bury Richard Panik’s cap hit by sending him to waivers. After a 24 hour period and no team claiming him, Panik now heads to the Caps taxi squad.
This move also gave the Caps enough cap space to call up Daniel Carr from the Hershey Bears, per The Washington Post’s Samantha Pell. Chris Johnston was first to report that Panik cleared waivers.