The Caps waived four players on Sunday and learned this afternoon that two of them were claimed.
The Capitals rolled the dice on the waiver wire and lost two of the four players they waived on Sunday. Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Lucas Johansen, Henrik Borgstrom and Brett Leason were placed on the waiver wire, and two of them were claimed.
The #Caps lost two players on waivers: Brett Leason was claimed by Anaheim and Axel Jonsson-Fjallby was claimed by Winnipeg.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) October 10, 2022
Jonsson-Fjallby was claimed by the Winnipeg Jets, and Brett Leason was claimed by the Anaheim Ducks. Jonsson-Fjallby was a fifth-round (147th) overall draft pick by the Caps in 2016 and leaves the Caps having appeared in 23 games with a scoring line of 2-2-4, even (all of it last season), while Leason was a second-round pick (56th overall) in the 2019 Entry Draft and heads to Anaheim having posted a scoring line with the Caps of 3-3-6, plus-1, in 36 games, all of them last season.
Jonsson-Fjallby has one year remaining on his current contract at $750,000 after which he will be an arbirtration-eligible restricted free agent. Leason’s current contract runs through 2023-2024 at $775,000 per year after which he will be a restricted free agent without arbitration rights.