With an arbitration hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. on Wednesday in Toronto, the Washington Capitals and forward Marcus Johansson settled with three minutes to spare, agreeing to a three-year, $13.75 million deal with an average annual value of $4.58 million.
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According to the Capitals, he became the first Washington player since Nicklas Backstrom in 2009-10 to post a three-assist game and a multi-goal game consecutively when he did so on April 5 and April 7 this year.
Per General Fanager, the team now has a little more than $3.45 million in cap space, with restricted free agent Dmitry Orlov yet to sign a deal after the team opted to not take him to arbitration.
The man they call “MoJo” scored 46 points (17 goals, 29 assists) in 74 games with the Capitals last season.
After the Capitals traded for center Lars Eller during the National Hockey League draft, Johansson is expected to play wing in the middle-six of Washington’s forward corps, an important cog to the Capitals getting offensive contributions throughout the lineup.
Over the course of his career, Johansson has registered 78 goals and 154 assists.
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After the 2014-15 season, Johansson went to arbitration. “It’s just coming together on that number”. Johansson’s $3.75 million contract for one year was an arbitration award last summer, falling roughly between the $3 million requested by Washington and the $4.75 million filed by Johansson in the pre-arbitration briefs. The Capitals were offering $3.85 million.
