{"id":316840,"date":"2026-05-15T07:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316840\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T07:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:05:21","slug":"5-nhl-free-agency-landing-spots-for-john-carlson-after-ducks-elimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316840\/","title":{"rendered":"5 NHL Free-Agency Landing Spots for John Carlson After Ducks&#8217; Elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Who says you can&#8217;t go home again?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Capitals made the hard decision to trade<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/john-carlson-has-mixed-emotions-after-trade-to-anaheim-ducks-from-washington-capitals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> Carlson at the trade deadline<\/a> and acquired a 2026 first-round and third-round pick as part of the deal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">But unless Anaheim signs Carlson to an extension before free agency, there&#8217;s nothing stopping the Capitals from bringing the 36-year-old defenseman back. A 2018 Stanley Cup Winner, Carlson is still beloved for his time in our nation&#8217;s capital, and plenty of fans in the District wouldn&#8217;t mind him returning.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Washington has over $36 million in cap space and could easily slot Carlson back in one of its top pairings.  And, with Alex Ovechkin&#8217;s NHL career still in doubt, it may behoove the Caps to bring back a veteran for their rebuilding squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Salary information provided by <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Puckpedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who says you can&#8217;t go home again? The Capitals made the hard decision to trade Carlson at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-316840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}