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Washington Capitals trade up for Leason’s teammate, center Alexei Protas

Mike Vogel of WashingtonCaps.com reported that the Washington Capitals traded their fourth round (118th) and fifth round (129th) picks to the New Jersey Devils for the late third round at number 91 overall to select Alexei Protas aka Aliaksei Protas.

Rob Carlin of NBC Sports Washington also added that these two moves now leave the Capitals with just one more pick in the seventh and final round at 211th.

Protas is 6’5” and 192 pounds from Vitebsk in Belarus, part of Europe. He has a cool nickname dubbed “The Viper of Vitebsk” or “Viper” for short.