Last month in the middle of the playoff madness, the Washington Capitals re-signed forward Bogdan Trineyev. The 2024 Calder Cup Champ and 2020 draft pick had a good season for the Hershey Bears.
Trineyev recorded 14 goals and eight assists for 22 points in 62 gaems with the Hershey Bears this season. The six foot three, 200 pound forward ranks tied for first on the Bears in shorthanded goals with one, third in plus/minus with +13, fifth in shots with 109 and sixth in goals.
His contract will carry an average annual value of $775.000 in the NHL level and $100,000 in the AHL.
During his first full NHL season in 2023-24, Trineyev recorded 16 points with nine goals and seven assists in 63 games with Hershey. The Voronezh, Russia native led Bears rookies in games played and ranked second among first year players in goals, assists, points and plus/minus with +12.
In addition, Trineyev's three shorthanded goals led Hershey and ranked tied for first among AHL rookies. Trineyev appeared in all 20 games during Hershey's run to the Calder Cup championship, registering four assists.
Trineyev spent the 2022-23 season with Dynamo Moscow of the KHL where he recorded 13 points in 39 games with two goals and 11 assists. He ranked tied for ninth on the team in assists and tied for seventh in hits with 41 in the regular season and added two assists in five KHL playoff games.
Trineyev also appeared in two games with Dynamo St. Petersburg of the Supreme Hockey League of Russia 2 and two games with Hershey during the 2022-23 season.
He was drafted by the Capitals in the fourth round of the 2020 NHL Draft at 117th overall. he played in two Calder Cup Playoff games with Hershey in 2022 making his AHL debut in Game 2 of the Bears first round series against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
In 127 career AHL games, Trineyev has recorded 38 points with 23 goals and 15 assists and a +25 plus/minus rating.