4 UFA Defensemen Washington Capitals Should Target

The Washington Capitals won’t likely add anyone on defense one would think but after last offseason you never know what kind of tricks Brian MacLellan has up his sleeve. We can’t really get a clear picture of what the defense will look like until after the expansion draft which is next Wednesday.

Our new contributor Greg Bowman predicted in his protected list that the team will lose Justin Schultz to the Seattle Kraken. If he’s right, the Caps may need to add someone on defense after all or some fellow prospects like Martin Fehervary or Alex Alexeyev could step in.

As of right now, the Caps have five lefties on defense and four that are right handed. Those left handed folks are Dmitry Orlov, Brenden Dillon, and Michal Kempny in addition to Alexeyev and Fehervary. On the right side there’s John Carlson, Nick Jensen and Trevor van Riemsdyk.

The Caps had Jonas Siegenthaler last season until they shipped him to the New Jersey Devils after he had a lack of playing time under Peter Laviolette’s system. They also had Zdeno Chara who is a free agent but could retire.

The following four we’ll mention are different in age, shot and cap hit and it’ll be tough to spend on these guys with a tight budget.