{"id":671058,"date":"2026-05-28T23:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/671058\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T23:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:58:06","slug":"new-details-emerge-on-john-carlsons-contract-talks-with-capitals-before-trade-deadline-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/671058\/","title":{"rendered":"New details emerge on John Carlson\u2019s contract talks with Capitals before trade deadline deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Carlson<\/a> is set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, and we may now know what price he\u2019s expecting on his next contract.<\/p>\n

According to The Athletic\u2019s Pierre LeBrun<\/a>, Carlson was in talks with the Washington Capitals<\/a> on a two-year contract extension worth $9 million per season before he was traded to the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

While news of the proposed extension\u2019s length isn\u2019t new \u2014 a source told RMNB in March that the parties were discussing a two-year deal before the trade<\/a> \u2014 the potential number for Carlson\u2019s cap hit is. Carlson played 28 combined regular-season and playoff games with the Ducks, seeing his 2025-26 season end at the hands of the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> in the second round of the postseason.<\/p>\n

LeBrun added that while the Ducks have spoken with Carlson and his agent, there are \u201cfour or five teams in the East\u201d hoping that the veteran defender does not come to terms on a new deal in Anaheim before he hits the open market. Carlson expressed openness to re-signing with the Ducks during his end-of-season media availability<\/a>, but admitted that he needed to take some time with his family to decide on the next step of his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI certainly loved it here,\u201d Carlson, who was wearing a University of Maryland hat during the chat, said to reporters<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of moving parts to that to properly answer the question. But, yeah, I\u2019ve loved my time. It\u2019s a special place here for sure, with some extraordinary talent and a really bright future. So that certainly is attractive to anyone, not just myself. So, from that standpoint, that\u2019s what I would say. But there\u2019s more to it than that, of course, with everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 71 games split between the Capitals and Ducks, Carlson recorded 60 points (14g, 46a). Among all scheduled free agents, he is the second-highest scoring defenseman and fifth-highest scoring player overall. He skated 23:10 of ice time per game, which ranked 29th in the NHL.<\/p>\n

While Carlson will likely have a long list of suitors, it\u2019s possible that the Capitals could revisit their talks with their former longtime alternate captain. After re-signing Timothy Liljegren, the Caps still need another right-handed defenseman to start the 2026-27 campaign, and addressing that position was high on Patrick\u2019s list last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Caps will also have plenty of cap space to potentially battle with other teams for Carlson\u2019s signature, as per PuckPedia<\/a>, they\u2019re set to have $31.4 million in room this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Carlson is set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, and we may now know…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-671058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}