Washington Capitals: Top 3 free agents they must sign in 2020

Andrej Sekera

Like Maroon, Andrej Sekera is in the middle of trying to win a Stanley Cup. He’s with the Dallas Stars and a veteran that’s been in the NHL for 13 seasons. The 34 year old isn’t a top four defensemen but the Caps are looking for more of a bottom defensemen anyway. Dallas has over $15 million in cap space so there’s talk that they could re-sign him but the Caps should go for him if he’s available. He won’t cost too much.

He isn’t a guy that’s gonna blow you away with his stats. He doesn’t score very much and his advanced stats are average at best. Still he’s a good depth defenseman.

In 57 games played with Dallas he had a Corsi For percentage of 48.50 percent. That may be on the wrong side of 50 but his other numbers went on the other side. His Scoring Chance percentage was at 51.06 percent and his High Danger Scoring Chances percentage was 51.79 percent.

If the Caps were to sign him he won’t be asked to play top four minutes but he’ll be a good bottom two or depth guy that’s a reliable defenseman. He carries a cap hit of $1.5 million and he’s affordable. He can also leave room to sign Maroon who has a $900,000 cap hit.