Signed to provide depth during the Tom Wilson suspension, Dmitrij Jaskin and the Washington Capitals appear poised to part ways after a disappointing season.
Washington Capitals right-winger Dmitrij Jaskin is a restricted free agent this offseason, after just one season.
The Capitals signed Dmitrij Jaskin off waivers on October 2 to add depth while Tom Wilson sat out with a lengthy suspension. Jaskin had been a member of the St. Louis Blues for six seasons before coming to DC.
During that six-year span with the St. Louis Blues, he recorded 25 goals and 36 assists. He was also coming off a 2017-18 season where he played 76 games, his highest season total to date, and recorded 17 points, one point shy of his highest regular season total.
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The decision to sign Dmitrij Jaskin was a potential low risk, high reward and after arriving in DC, the 6-foot, 2-inch right-winger showed some promise. He recorded two assists in his first nine games with Washington and had a three-game stretch from November 26 to December 2 where he added three more assists.
He also recorded goals in the Capitals’ 4-0 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on December 8 and 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on February 1.
Yet his time on the ice decreased drastically as the season progressed and he was a healthy scratch for a span of 22 games beginning on February 17. He made his last regular season appearance for the Washington Capitals on April 6 in the team’s 3-0 shutout loss to the Barry Trotz-led New York Islanders.
Jaskin would not suit up for any of the Capitals’ seven postseason games against the Carolina Hurricanes and finished the year with two goals and six assists in 37 games. He also averaged just 10:05 minutes on the ice this season, his lowest since the 2013-14 season.
Despite his subpar performance during the NHL season, Jaskin has recently found some success at the IIHF World Championship, scoring two goals in the Czech Republic’s 8-0 blowout win over Italy.
While the Capitals have a lot of difficult decisions to make this offseason with other their right-wingers Devante Smith-Pelly and Brett Connolly, who are set to hit the free agent market, the Capitals’ decision of what to do with Dmitrij Jaskin is not one of them. The odds are high that the Capitals will choose not to extend the $1.1 million qualifying offer it will take to keep Jaskin and we’ll likely see him move on after just one season in the District.