{"id":44090,"date":"2025-07-06T19:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T19:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/44090\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T19:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T19:15:09","slug":"capitals-reportedly-took-a-long-look-at-ufa-forward-jack-roslovic-who-still-does-not-have-a-contract-for-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/44090\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitals reportedly \u2018took a long look\u2019 at UFA forward Jack Roslovic, who still does not have a contract for next season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Capitals missed out on Nikolaj Ehlers, the top free agent forward this summer, and clearly the club\u2019s top target. Ehlers spurned the Capitals after a few days of deliberation and signed a six-year, $51 million contract with the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, per Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman on the latest episode of the 32 Thoughts Podcast<\/a>, Ehlers and later Anthony Beauvillier<\/a> were not the only free agents the team discussed bringing in. The Capitals reportedly had interest in UFA forward Jack Roslovic<\/strong>, who played this past season with the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought Carolina was the team for Ehlers all the way, the team to beat, but I think Washington at least made him think,\u201d Friedman said<\/a>. \u201cThey took a huge run at it. They were really serious about Ehlers. I think they were prepared to give him what he wanted in the lineup, contract-wise, but obviously just didn\u2019t get it done, and they brought back Anthony Beauvillier, who was kinda waiting to hear what was going to happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also heard the Capitals took a long look at Jack Roslovic, who still is not signed, so we\u2019ll see what goes on there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roslovic, 28, recorded 39 points (22g, 17a) in 81 games for the Hurricanes during the 2024-25 campaign. He added four points (1g, 3a) in nine playoff games but was also healthy scratched several times during the postseason by head coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour.<\/p>\n

The Ohio native plays both wing and center and could provide the Capitals with further lineup options, particularly regarding where Connor McMichael eventually slots in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Roslovic had his best year with the Columbus Blue Jackets, recording 45 points (22g, 23a) in 81 games during the 2021-22 season. The former Winnipeg Jets first-round pick signed a one-year, $2.8 million deal with the Hurricanes last summer.<\/p>\n

According to PuckPedia<\/a>, the Capitals have $4.125 million in cap space. General manager Chris Patrick spoke Saturday about the team\u2019s plans after missing out on Ehlers<\/a> and seemed to indicate the trade market could be where they look next, which could rule out further dealings with Roslovic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Capitals missed out on Nikolaj Ehlers, the top free agent forward this summer, and clearly the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-44090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114807893416142124","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}