Kammala wannan magana: A cikin kakar 2015-16, Laich ya yi mummunan aiki da sauri, yayin da $ 4.5 miliyan ya buga shi a matsayin daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka dace da ƙungiyar Capitals. A ranar 27 ga Fabrairu, 2016, Capitals sun sanya Laich a kan abubuwan da suka dace don manufar aika shi zuwa Hershey Bears na AHL. Kashegari, a gab da ranar ƙarshe na musayar, Laich, tare da Connor Carrick da zaɓaɓɓen zagaye na biyu (Carl Grundström) a cikin
2016 daftarin, an yi musayar su zuwa Toronto Maple Leafs, ƙungiyar yaro, a musayar Daniel Winnik da zagaye na biyar (Beck Malenstyn) a cikin shirin 2016. Dalilin cinikin shi ne ya ba Capitals damar rage farashin albashi don amfani da shi zuwa ga kwangilar kwangilar matasa da ke buƙatar sake sa hannu a kakar wasa ta gaba. Babban Jami'in Capital Brian Maclellan ya kira cinikin, lokacin da aka tambaye shi, abu mafi wuya da ya yi a matsayin Babban Manajan kungiyar. Laich ya kasance mafi dadewa mai aiki mai sana'a a yankin Washington a lokacin cinikin, ya kammala aikinsa na shekaru 12 tare da lasisi. A cikin abin da ya fi dacewa a matsayin cinikin da ya fi dacewa a tarihin Capitals tun lokacin da aka ba Laich zuwa Washington a cikin wani kunshin don Peter Bondra, wani dan jarida ya rubuta "Abin ban dariya ne cewa kudi shine abin da ya tilasta Caps ya motsa Laich. Wannan mutumin yana son wasan sosai, tabbas zai yi wasa kyauta. "