The Washington Capitals 2022-23 season wrapped less than a week ago, but we are already looking ahead and preparing for the 2023-24 season (Our 10th year here at NoVa Caps!). Here are a few of the (known) key dates for the upcoming off-season ahead
2023 NHL Entry Draft
- Draft Lottery – Monday, May 8, at NHL Network’s Secaucus, N.J., studio. The event will be broadcast live beginning at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, Sportsnet and TVA Sports. The Capitals currently sit 8th seed, with a 6% chance of winning hit efirst overall pick. [MORE HERE]
- NHL Entry Draft – The 2023 NHL Entry Draft will be the 61st NHL Entry Draft, held on June 28–29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Scouting Combine
- 2023 NHL Scouting Combine will run from Sunday, June 4 to Saturday June 10 in Buffalo, New York.
NHL Awards
- 2023 NHL Awards will be held on Monday, June 26 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Restricted Free Agents (RFA)
- Qualifying Offers: By rule, Qualifying Offers must be provided to a restricted free agents (Alex Alexeyev, Martin Fehervary, Kody Clark, Riley Sutter and Henrik Borgstrom) by the later of the Monday after the Entry Draft or June 25. In this case, the Monday after the draft, which is July 3.
- A Qualifying Offer cannot actually be accepted before July 1. If a Qualifying Offer is not accepted, it expires by July 15 unless extended in writing by the team. [MORE HERE]
Free Agency
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For the first time since 2019, the NHL’s annual free-agent market will open July 1 at noon ET. Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA’s) (Craig Smith, Conor Sheary, Matt Irwin, Connor Brown, Carl Hagelin, Garrett Pilon (UFAG6), Mike Sgarbossa, Mike Vecchione, Dylan McIlrath, Bobby Nardella, Zach Fucale and Hunter Sheaprd) can begin meeting and interviewing with all teams on the day after the Entry Draft (or June 25 at the latest). [MORE HERE]
2023-24 Washington Capitals Schedule
- The league typically releases schedule by the first week of July.