Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumwaka wa2015-16, kugadzirwa kwekurwisa kwaLaich kwakadzikira nekukurumidza, nepo yake $ 4.5 miriyoni cap hit yakamira seimwe yezvinhu zvisingafadzi zvechikwata chinotungamira cheCapitals. Musi waFebruary 27, 2016, maCapitals akaisa Laich pakuregererwa nechinangwa chekumutumira kuHershey Bears yeAHL. Zuva rakatevera, pamucheto wekutengesa kwekupedzisira, Laich, pamwe naConnor Carrick uye sarudzo yechipiri (Carl Grundström) mu 2016 draft
, vakatengeswa kuToronto Maple Leafs, timu yake yehudiki, mukutsinhana naDaniel Winnik uye wechishanu kutenderera (Beck Malenstyn) mu2016 dhizaini. Chinangwa chekutengeserana kwacho kwaive kupa maCapitals zororo remubhadharo kuti ashandise kune vechidiki vatambi vepakati zvibvumirano zvaida kusainazve mwaka unotevera. Mutungamiri Mukuru weCapitals Brian Maclellan akadana kutengesa, paakabvunzwa, chinhu chakaoma zvikuru chaakanga aita seMutungamiri Mukuru wechikwata. Laich akanga ari mutambi wepamusoro-soro weWashington-area athlete panguva yekutengeserana, achigumisa basa rake remakore gumi nemaviri ne franchise. Mukushandurwa kwechinhu kwakanyanyisa kushamisa munhoroondo yeCapitals kubvira Laich paakaendeswa kuWashington muhomwe yaPeter Bondra, mumwe mutori wenhau akanyora kuti "Zvinosetsa kuti mari ndiyo yakamanikidza maCaps kuti aendese Laich. Uyu murume anoda mutambo wacho zvikuru kwazvo, zvimwe aizotamba pachena".