Cika wannan jumla: Ciki har da Bradley, Capitals sun rasa 'yan wasa shida da suka buga musu wasa a wasan karshe, da kuma mai tsaron ragar Semyon Varlamov. Don maye gurbin wasu daga cikin 'yan wasan da suka tafi, Washington ta yi musayar ta
Zaɓin zagaye na farko na 2011 zuwa Chicago Blackhawks don tsohon dan wasan winger Troy Brouwer, wanda ya kasance memba na kungiyar zakarun na Stanley Cup na Blackhawks a 2010. Daga nan sai suka sanya hannu kan Joel Ward a matsayin dan wasa mai kyauta, suna karawa da fatan cewa zai iya maimaita nasarar da ya samu a shekarar 2011. Ward ya zira kwallaye bakwai da maki 13 a wasanni 12 na wasan kwaikwayo tare da Nashville Predators, bayan da ya zira kwallaye 10 da maki 29 a wasanni 80 na kakar wasa. A cikin raga, sun kara da tsohon soja Tomas Vokoun, wanda aka dauke shi daya daga cikin manyan masu tsaron gida a cikin aji na 'yan wasa na 2011. Ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekara guda, dala miliyan 1.5, ƙasa da ƙimar kasuwar da aka yi imanin, don samun damar lashe Kofin Stanley. Bayan yin waɗannan da sauran motsi na kakar wasa, Capitals sun wuce NHL salary cap. Ana tsammanin mai tsaron baya Tom Poti ba zai iya yin wasa ba saboda rauni kuma za a tilasta wa Washington ta sanya shi a kan raunin da ya ji rauni na dogon lokaci, inda albashinsa na dala miliyan 2.9 ba zai ƙidaya adadin adadin ba. Ba zato ba tsammani, Poti ya gaya wa Capitals cewa zai kasance a shirye ya yi wasa ta sansanin horo. Poti, duk da haka, ya kasa jarabawar likitancinsa kafin sansanin horo kuma an sanya shi a kan raunin da ya ji rauni na dogon lokaci.