Top 3 highest paid players in Capitals history

The Washington Capitals have been known to pay for their stars lately. There’s another team in town that is about to part ways with another one of their stars but let’s thank God that there is a salary cap in hockey.

With that said, let’s take a look into the three biggest contracts in Capitals history where chances are your favorite player got paid.

#3 John Carlson

Players that came close to making this list include Mike Green and Evgeny Kuznetsov but after the Caps won the Stanley Cup in 2018, John Carlson entered free agency and was ready to cash in.

Easily the best Capitals offensive defenseman since Green, Carlson inked a eight year, $64 million deal making eight million a year through 2025-26. In the two years since, Carlson was a top five finalist in the Norris Trophy voting before being a runner up in 2020 to Roman Josi of the Nashville Predators.

Last season Carlson averaged 2.3 points per 60 minutes. He scored a career high 17 goals and 54 assists for 71 points. It was one of his best offensive seasons in a long time and his offense continues to get better.

Like the rest of the team though he crashed and burned in the playoffs and had a costly turnover against the Florida Panthers.