3 Capitals prospects who could be traded this offseason

#2 Dylan McIlrath

There’s a couple of intriguing names on defense. There’s Vincent Iorio who was drafted last year. Doubt he goes anywhere. Same with Alexander Alexeyev. Bobby Nardella is also a stud. Lucas Johansen will be a restricted free agent so who knows what happens there? As is Tobias Geisser.

That leaves us with Dylan McIlrath as the odd man out. He would have a cap hit of $750,000. Elite Prospects says this: “A large and physical defenseman. Positions himself men. Not a very good skater. He has a good shot from the blue line. Needs to improve his skating (Matias Strozyk).

In 61 games with the Hershey Bears, Dylan McIlrath has three goals and six assists for nine points. He also has 76 penalty minutes and has a plus minus of plus 12. For a while he has bounced around from team to team and even got a few looks in the NHL.

The Caps are well set on defense. He signed with the Caps last summer knowing he was highly unlikely to get NHL playing time. He has seen stops with the New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings as well as their AHL teams the Hartford Wolf Pack and the Grand Rapids Griffins.