Washington Capitals: 3 contract extensions that should happen in 2020

#2 Travis Boyd

Travis Boyd is a versatile forward that can slot in at center or winger. He carried a cap hit of $800,000 per year and will be due a raise. Boyd will likely get a contract north of one to two million per year and he and his family deserve it. I doubt they will trade him but he will have to battle it out for a likely role at wing on the third or fourth line.

In 2017-18, Boyd had an assist in eight games and played in one playoff game. The next season he had five goals and 15 assists for 20 points in 53 games played. The next year he lost out on the fourth line battle to Garnet Hathaway and only played in 24 games. Boyd scored three goals and seven assists for 10 points in 24 games.

Boyd averaged a career high in ice time this past season with an average time on ice of 11:45. His previous ones were 8:50 in 2018 and 9:50 in 2018-19.

Boyd scored his first playoff goal in the Capitals Round Robin game against the Philadelphia Flyers in what was otherwise another brutal loss to the Broad Street Bullies.

That is two players down and now we’ve got one more to go.