2003–04 Washington Capitals season

2003–04 Washington Capitals
Division5th Southeast
Conference14th Eastern
2003–04 record23–46–10–3
Home record13–20–6–2
Road record10–26–4–1
Goals for186
Goals against253
Team information
General managerGeorge McPhee
CoachBruce Cassidy (Oct.–Dec.)
Glen Hanlon (Dec.–Apr.)
CaptainSteve Konowalchuk (Oct.)
Vacant (Oct.–Apr.)
Alternate captainsPeter Bondra (Oct.–Feb.)
Jaromir Jagr (Oct.–Jan.)
Brendan Witt
ArenaMCI Center
Average attendance14,720
Minor league affiliate(s)Portland Pirates
Team leaders
GoalsRobert Lang (29)
AssistsRobert Lang (45)
PointsRobert Lang (74)
Penalty minutesDarcy Verot (135)
Plus/minusRobert Lang (+2)
WinsOlaf Kolzig (19)
Goals against averageOlaf Kolzig (2.89)

The 2003–04 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals's 30th season of play. The team finished in fifth and last-place in the Southeast Division, and fourteenth overall in the Eastern Conference, to miss the playoffs.

Offseason

Regular season

On December 10, 2003, head coach Bruce Cassidy was fired after a disappointing 8–18–1–1 start to the season. Assistant coach Glen Hanlon was named his replacement.[1]

The Capitals were the most penalized team in the League, with 401 power-play opportunities against. They also scored the fewest short-handed goals in the League, with just 4.[2]

Final standings

Southeast Division[3]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA PTS
1 1 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 46 22 8 6 245 192 106
2 10 Atlanta Thrashers 82 33 37 8 4 214 243 78
3 11 Carolina Hurricanes 82 28 34 14 6 172 209 76
4 12 Florida Panthers 82 28 35 15 4 188 221 75
5 14 Washington Capitals 82 23 46 10 3 186 253 59

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference[4]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 Z- Tampa Bay Lightning SE 82 46 22 8 6 245 192 106
2 Y- Boston Bruins NE 82 41 19 15 7 209 188 104
3 Y- Philadelphia Flyers AT 82 40 21 15 6 209 188 101
4 X- Toronto Maple Leafs NE 82 45 24 10 3 242 204 103
5 X- Ottawa Senators NE 82 43 23 10 6 262 189 102
6 X- New Jersey Devils AT 82 43 25 12 2 213 164 100
7 X- Montreal Canadiens NE 82 41 30 7 4 208 192 93
8 X- New York Islanders AT 82 38 29 11 4 237 210 91
8.5
9 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 37 34 7 4 220 221 85
10 Atlanta Thrashers SE 82 33 37 8 4 214 243 78
11 Carolina Hurricanes SE 82 28 34 14 6 172 209 76
12 Florida Panthers SE 82 28 35 15 4 188 221 75
13 New York Rangers AT 82 27 40 7 8 206 250 69
14 Washington Capitals SE 82 23 46 10 3 186 253 59
15 Pittsburgh Penguins AT 82 23 47 8 4 190 303 58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot


Schedule and results

2003–04 regular season[5]
October: 2–7–1–0 (home: 2–2–0–0; road: 0–5–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 W October 9, 2003 6–1 New York Islanders (2003–04) 1–0–0–0 Recap
2 L October 11, 2003 3–4 Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 1–1–0–0 Recap
3 T October 13, 2003 2–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 1–1–1–0 Recap
4 L October 14, 2003 1–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 1–2–1–0 Recap
5 L October 17, 2003 2–4 @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 1–3–1–0 Recap
6 L October 18, 2003 1–4 @ St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 1–4–1–0 Recap
7 L October 23, 2003 1–5 @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 1–5–1–0 Recap
8 L October 25, 2003 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 1–6–1–0 Recap
9 L October 29, 2003 2–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 1–7–1–0 Recap
10 W October 31, 2003 2–1 Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 2–7–1–0 Recap
November: 5–8–0–1 (home: 1–4–0–1; road: 4–4–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
11 L November 1, 2003 1–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 2–8–1–0 Recap
12 W November 4, 2003 5–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 3–8–1–0 Recap
13 L November 6, 2003 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 3–9–1–0 Recap
14 L November 8, 2003 2–3 San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 3–10–1–0 Recap
15 L November 10, 2003 2–3 Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 3–11–1–0 Recap
16 W November 12, 2003 7–1 Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 4–11–1–0 Recap
17 L November 14, 2003 2–5 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 4–12–1–0 Recap
18 W November 15, 2003 2–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 5–12–1–0 Recap
19 L November 20, 2003 2–3 @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 5–13–1–0 Recap
20 OTL November 22, 2003 2–3 OT Florida Panthers (2003–04) 5–13–1–1 Recap
21 W November 24, 2003 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 6–13–1–1 Recap
22 L November 26, 2003 2–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 6–14–1–1 Recap
23 L November 28, 2003 3–5 Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 6–15–1–1 Recap
24 W November 29, 2003 5–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 7–15–1–1 Recap
December: 4–8–2–0 (home: 2–4–1–0; road: 2–4–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
25 W December 2, 2003 4–1 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 8–15–1–1 Recap
26 L December 4, 2003 0–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 8–16–1–1 Recap
27 L December 6, 2003 3–7 @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 8–17–1–1 Recap
28 L December 8, 2003 1–4 @ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 8–18–1–1 Recap
29 W December 11, 2003 6–5 Boston Bruins (2003–04) 9–18–1–1 Recap
30 L December 13, 2003 1–5 Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 9–19–1–1 Recap
31 W December 16, 2003 5–0 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 10–19–1–1 Recap
32 T December 17, 2003 2–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 10–19–2–1 Recap
33 T December 19, 2003 2–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 10–19–3–1 Recap
34 L December 21, 2003 4–5 New York Islanders (2003–04) 10–20–3–1 Recap
35 W December 23, 2003 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 11–20–3–1 Recap
36 L December 27, 2003 1–3 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 11–21–3–1 Recap
37 L December 29, 2003 1–3 Boston Bruins (2003–04) 11–22–3–1 Recap
38 L December 31, 2003 1–7 @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 11–23–3–1 Recap
January: 5–7–2–1 (home: 3–4–2–0; road: 2–3–0–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
39 T January 1, 2004 2–2 OT New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 11–23–4–1 Recap
40 L January 3, 2004 2–5 @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 11–24–4–1 Recap
41 L January 4, 2004 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 11–25–4–1 Recap
42 L January 7, 2004 0–3 Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 11–26–4–1 Recap
43 W January 9, 2004 4–1 Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 12–26–4–1 Recap
44 W January 11, 2004 1–0 Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 13–26–4–1 Recap
45 T January 14, 2004 3–3 OT Calgary Flames (2003–04) 13–26–5–1 Recap
46 OTL January 17, 2004 1–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 13–26–5–2 Recap
47 W January 18, 2004 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 14–26–5–2 Recap
48 L January 21, 2004 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 14–27–5–2 Recap
49 L January 23, 2004 1–4 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 14–28–5–2 Recap
50 L January 25, 2004 1–4 Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 14–29–5–2 Recap
51 W January 28, 2004 2–1 @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 15–29–5–2 Recap
52 W January 29, 2004 5–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 16–29–5–2 Recap
53 L January 31, 2004 1–6 Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 16–30–5–2 Recap
February: 4–5–3–0 (home: 2–2–2–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
54 W February 3, 2004 2–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 17–30–5–2 Recap
55 L February 4, 2004 1–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 17–31–5–2 Recap
56 T February 12, 2004 3–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 17–31–6–2 Recap
57 L February 13, 2004 2–5 @ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 17–32–6–2 Recap
58 W February 15, 2004 4–0 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 18–32–6–2 Recap
59 T February 17, 2004 1–1 OT Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 18–32–7–2 Recap
60 W February 19, 2004 3–1 New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 19–32–7–2 Recap
61 T February 21, 2004 2–2 OT Florida Panthers (2003–04) 19–32–8–2 Recap
62 L February 23, 2004 3–6 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 19–33–8–2 Recap
63 L February 25, 2004 1–2 Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 19–34–8–2 Recap
64 W February 27, 2004 4–1 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 20–34–8–2 Recap
65 L February 28, 2004 2–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 20–35–8–2 Recap
March: 3–10–1–0 (home: 3–4–1–0; road: 0–6–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
66 L March 2, 2004 0–1 Florida Panthers (2003–04) 20–36–8–2 Recap
67 L March 5, 2004 2–3 @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 20–37–8–2 Recap
68 W March 6, 2004 2–1 Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 21–37–8–2 Recap
69 L March 8, 2004 1–4 Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 21–38–8–2 Recap
70 L March 10, 2004 0–6 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 21–39–8–2 Recap
71 L March 12, 2004 3–4 Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 21–40–8–2 Recap
72 L March 13, 2004 2–5 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 21–41–8–2 Recap
73 L March 16, 2004 1–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 21–42–8–2 Recap
74 W March 18, 2004 4–3 OT New York Rangers (2003–04) 22–42–8–2 Recap
75 T March 20, 2004 2–2 OT Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 22–42–9–2 Recap
76 L March 23, 2004 0–3 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 22–43–9–2 Recap
77 L March 24, 2004 2–3 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 22–44–9–2 Recap
78 L March 27, 2004 1–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 22–45–9–2 Recap
79 W March 30, 2004 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 23–45–9–2 Recap
April: 0–1–1–1 (home: 0–0–0–1; road: 0–1–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
80 T April 1, 2004 3–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 23–45–10–2 Recap
81 OTL April 3, 2004 2–3 OT New York Rangers (2003–04) 23–45–10–3 Recap
82 L April 4, 2004 3–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 23–46–10–3 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
20 Robert Lang‡ C 63 29 45 74 2 24
55 Sergei Gonchar‡ D 56 7 42 49 −20 44
11 Jeff Halpern C 79 19 27 46 −21 56
68 Jaromir Jagr‡ RW 46 16 29 45 −4 26
12 Peter Bondra‡ RW 54 21 14 35 −17 22
14 Kip Miller C 66 9 22 31 −10 8
9 Dainius Zubrus C 54 12 15 27 −16 38
28 Alexander Semin LW 52 10 12 22 −2 36
25 Mike Grier‡ RW 68 8 12 20 −19 32
24 Brian Willsie RW 49 10 5 15 −7 18
2 Josef Boumedienne D 37 2 12 14 −10 30
18 Matt Pettinger LW 71 7 5 12 −9 37
29 Joel Kwiatkowski D 80 6 6 12 −28 89
19 Brendan Witt D 72 2 10 12 −22 123
23 Trent Whitfield C 44 6 5 11 −2 14
3 Jason Doig D 65 2 9 11 −12 105
22 Anson Carter†‡ RW 19 5 5 10 2 6
13 Bates Battaglia† LW 66 4 6 10 −23 38
15 Boyd Gordon C 41 1 5 6 −9 8
4 Rick Berry D 65 0 6 6 −5 108
27 Craig Johnson† LW 15 0 6 6 −6 8
51 Stephen Peat RW 64 5 0 5 −10 90
8 Steve Eminger D 41 0 4 4 −11 45
38 Todd Rohloff† D 35 0 3 3 −5 18
16 Brian Sutherby C 30 2 0 2 −5 28
27 Ivan Ciernik RW 7 1 1 2 1 0
92 Michael Nylander‡ C 3 0 2 2 1 8
76 Darcy Verot LW 37 0 2 2 −6 135
34 Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre† D 13 1 0 1 −2 14
17 John Gruden D 11 1 0 1 −1 6
63 Owen Fussey RW 4 0 1 1 −1 0
37 Olaf Kolzig G 63 0 1 1 6
22 Steve Konowalchuk‡ LW 6 0 1 1 −5 0
21 Brooks Laich† C 4 0 1 1 −1 0
41 Brad Norton† D 16 0 1 1 −4 17
33 Maxime Ouellet G 6 0 1 1 0
64 Roman Tvrdon C 9 0 1 1 −3 2
49 Dwayne Zinger D 7 0 1 1 2 9
69 Mel Angelstad† LW 2 0 0 0 0 2
35 Sebastien Charpentier G 7 0 0 0 0
36 Jakub Cutta D 3 0 0 0 −1 0
36 Colin Forbes† C 2 0 0 0 0 0
58 Jean-Francois Fortin D 2 0 0 0 0 0
75 Chris Hajt D 5 0 0 0 0 2
39 Graham Mink C 2 0 0 0 −1 2
26 Shaone Morrisonn† D 3 0 0 0 0 0
65 Andrej Podkonicky C 2 0 0 0 −1 0
1 Rastislav Stana G 6 0 0 0 0
56 Garret Stroshein RW 3 0 0 0 −1 14
31 Matthew Yeats† G 5 0 0 0 2
40 Nolan Yonkman D 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
37 Olaf Kolzig 63 19 35 9 1958 180 2.89 .908 2 3738
33 Maxime Ouellet 6 2 3 1 210 19 3.12 .910 1 365
1 Rastislav Stana 6 1 2 0 100 11 3.13 .890 0 211
31 Matthew Yeats† 5 1 3 0 141 13 3.02 .908 0 258
35 Sebastien Charpentier 7 0 6 0 168 21 3.41 .875 0 369

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Robert Lang [6]
NHL Defensive Player of the Week Olaf Kolzig (February 23) [7]
NHL Offensive Player of the Month Robert Lang (November) [8]
NHL Offensive Player of the Week Robert Lang (November 17) [9]
Robert Lang (December 22) [7]
Jeff Halpern (April 5) [7]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Boyd Gordon October 9, 2003 [10]
Alexander Semin October 14, 2003
Rastislav Stana November 14, 2003
Dwayne Zinger December 11, 2003
Darcy Verot January 1, 2004
Graham Mink February 3, 2004
Owen Fussey March 10, 2004
Roman Tvrdon March 18, 2004
Matthew Yeats March 23, 2004
Garret Stroshein April 1, 2004
Mel Angelstad April 3, 2004
500th game played Olaf Kolzig November 22, 2003 [11]

Transactions

The Capitals were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.[12]

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 22, 2003 (2003-06-22) To Montreal Canadiens
  • 4th-round pick in 2003
  • 7th-round pick in 2003
 To Washington Capitals
  • Nashville’s 4th-round pick in 2003
 [13]
To Ottawa Senators
  • Future considerations[a]
 To Washington Capitals
  • Washington’s 9th-round pick in 2003
 [14]
June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • Conditional 7th-round pick in 2004[b]
 To Washington Capitals
[15]
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14) To Nashville Predators
To Washington Capitals
[16]
October 5, 2003 (2003-10-05) To Ottawa Senators
To Washington Capitals
  • Future considerations[a]
 [17]
October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22) To Colorado Avalanche
To Washington Capitals
[18]
January 23, 2004 (2004-01-23) To New York Rangers
To Washington Capitals
[19]
February 18, 2004 (2004-02-18) To Ottawa Senators
To Washington Capitals
[20]
February 27, 2004 (2004-02-27) To Detroit Red Wings
To Washington Capitals
[21]
March 3, 2004 (2004-03-03) To Boston Bruins
To Washington Capitals
[22]
March 4, 2004 (2004-03-04) To Boston Bruins
To Washington Capitals
  • 2nd-round pick in 2006
  • Future considerations[c]
 [23]
March 8, 2004 (2004-03-08) To Los Angeles Kings
  • Anson Carter
 To Washington Capitals
[24]
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) To Buffalo Sabres
To Washington Capitals
[25]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14) Andrej Podkonicky Iserlohn Roosters (DEL) 1-year Free agency [26]
Garret Stroshein Portland Pirates (AHL) 2-year Free agency [26]
July 18, 2003 (2003-07-18) John Gruden Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) 1-year Free agency [27]
August 18, 2003 (2003-08-18) Francois Methot Buffalo Sabres 1-year Free agency [28]
September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05) Darcy Verot Calgary Flames 1-year Free agency [29]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) Denis Hamel Ottawa Senators Waiver draft [30]
Brian Willsie Colorado Avalanche Waiver draft [30]
November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04) Colin Forbes Portland Pirates (AHL) Free agency [31]
January 9, 2004 (2004-01-09) Todd Rohloff Columbus Blue Jackets Waivers [32]
March 4, 2004 (2004-03-04) Brad Norton Los Angeles Kings Waivers [33]
March 5, 2004 (2004-03-05) Craig Johnson Toronto Maple Leafs Waivers [34]
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre Atlanta Thrashers Waivers [35]
Bill Lindsay Atlanta Thrashers Waivers[d] [38]
March 19, 2004 (2004-03-19) Matthew Yeats Portland Pirates (AHL) Free agency [39]
April 3, 2004 (2004-04-03) Mel Angelstad Portland Pirates (AHL) Free agency [40]
April 26, 2004 (2004-04-26) Justin Eddy Quinnipiac University (AHA) Free agency [41]

Players lost

Date Player New team Via[e] Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01) Krys Barch[f] Contract expiration (UFA) [42]
Nathan Forster[g] Contract expiration (UFA) [42]
July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17) Chris Ferraro Phoenix Coyotes Free agency (VI) [45]
Peter Ferraro Phoenix Coyotes Free agency (UFA) [45]
Josh Green Calgary Flames Free agency (UFA) [45]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24) Mark Murphy Philadelphia Flyers Free agency (VI) [46]
August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07) Calle Johansson Retirement (III)[h] [48]
Andreas Salomonsson Modo Hockey (SHL) Free agency (II)[i] [50]
September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05) Todd Rohloff Columbus Blue Jackets Free agency (VI) [51]
September 27, 2003 (2003-09-27) Ken Klee Toronto Maple Leafs Free agency (III) [52]
N/A Ryan VanBuskirk Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [53]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) Glen Metropolit Ottawa Senators Waiver draft [30]
October 9, 2003 (2003-10-09) Alex Henry Minnesota Wild Waivers [54]
October 14, 2003 (2003-10-14) Colin Forbes Portland Pirates (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [55]
November 11, 2003 (2003-11-11) Dmitri Yushkevich Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) Free agency (III) [56]
December 11, 2003 (2003-12-11) Sergei Berezin HC CSKA Moscow (RSL) Free agency (III) [57]
May 2, 2004 (2004-05-02) Andrej Podkonicky HC Liberec (ELH) Free agency [58]
May 26, 2004 (2004-05-26) Rastislav Stana Sodertalje SK (SHL) Free agency[j] [60]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
June 26, 2003 (2003-06-26) Peter Bondra 1-year Option exercised [61]
Jeff Halpern 1-year Option exercised [62]
July 3, 2003 (2003-07-03) Boyd Gordon 3-year Entry-level [63]
Petr Sykora 1-year[k] Re-signing [64]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15) Jean-Francois Fortin 1-year Re-signing [65]
Chris Hajt 1-year Re-signing [65]
July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16) Alexander Semin 3-year Entry-level [66]
July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17) Jason Doig 1-year Re-signing [67]
July 21, 2003 (2003-07-21) Trent Whitfield 1-year Re-signing [68]
July 22, 2003 (2003-07-22) Stephen Peat 1-year Re-signing [69]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24) Mike Grier 1-year Re-signing [70]
July 25, 2003 (2003-07-25) Rick Berry 1-year Re-signing [71]
July 28, 2003 (2003-07-28) Matt Pettinger 1-year Re-signing [72]
July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31) Alex Henry 1-year Re-signing [73]
August 10, 2003 (2003-08-10) Michael Nylander 1-year Re-signing [74]
August 19, 2003 (2003-08-19) Rastislav Stana 1-year Re-signing [75]
September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05) Ivan Ciernik 1-year Re-signing [29]
September 11, 2003 (2003-09-11) Joel Kwiatkowski 1-year Re-signing [76]
May 27, 2004 (2004-05-27) Maxime Daigneault 3-year Entry-level [77]
June 1, 2004 (2004-06-01) Tomas Fleischmann 3-year Entry-level [78]
Jonas Johansson 3-year Entry-level [78]

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[79]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 18 Eric Fehr  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3 83 Stephen Werner  United States University of Massachusetts (NCAA)
4 109 Andreas Valdix  Sweden Malmo Redhawks (Sweden)
5 155 Josh Robertson  United States Proctor High School (USHS-MN)
8 249 Andrew Joudrey  Canada Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
9 279 Mark Olafson  Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL)

Farm teams

The Capitals main American Hockey League affiliate was the Portland Pirates. Though they had no direct ECHL affiliate, players were sent from time to time between the Dayton Bombers and Reading Royals.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Washington’s 9th-round pick in 2004[12]
  2. ^ Condition not met.
  3. ^ 4th-round pick in 2005
  4. ^ Claim rescinded due to the severity of the throat injury Lindsay suffered during a January 3 game.[36][37]
  5. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[42]
  6. ^ Barch was inactive during the 2003–04 season.[43]
  7. ^ Forster was inactive during the 2003–04 season.[44]
  8. ^ Johansson came out of retirement to sign with the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 9, 2004.[47]
  9. ^ Washington retained Salomonsson’s NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.[49]
  10. ^ Washington retained Stana’s NHL rights through the 2007–08 season.[59]
  11. ^ Club option for a second year.

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