Washington Capitals: 3 Affordable Free Agent Defensemen
By CJ Witt
Zach Bogosian
Zach Bogosian is currently in the middle of trying to win a Stanley Cup. That’s an admirable task. Once he’s done with that however he’ll be a free agent and possibly be looking for a new home. The Lightning have just over $5 million in cap space, the tricky part is they only have three defensemen signed for next season and they have to re-sign the young and incredibly promising Mikhail Sergachev.
The Lightning also only have ten forwards signed, moves will have to be made. Bogosian could be available.
While he’s not the best option that could be out there he could be one of the best in terms of depth defensemen. If he is given too much responsibility then he might not be what you want. But based on how he’s played in Tampa maybe he’s proven to people what his role is. A depth guy that can jump up in the lineup if he needs to.
He only played in eight games for the Lightning before the stoppage in mid March, so it’s hard to get a grasp on how well he did. But his stats look very good in the playoffs.
He has a 59.18 Corsi rating, he’s been on the 156 scoring chances for and 128 chances against giving him a 54.93 scoring chance for percentage. He’s also been on the ice for 56 high danger attempts for and 42 against which gives him a 57.14 high danger attempts for percentage. All those very good numbers.
His current cap hit is $1.3m. I’d guess that will go up but maybe not too much. He’s definitely affordable and at just age 29 could be a heck of an option for the Capitals.