Washington Capitals Free Agent Tracker: Caps make 2nd move, sign Gordon

Written by Krafty.

The Washington Capitals announced yesterday that they re-signed restricted free agent Boyd Gordon to a one-year, $800,000 contract. Gordon, 26, did not file for salary arbitration with other RFA's Tomas Fleishmann, Jeff Schultz, and Eric Fehr.

Gordo is the longest tenured member of the Capitals roster, having been selected in the first-round of the 2002 draft (17th overall). He had four goals and six assists in 36 games last season, a year which was plagued by habitual back injuries. A strong face-off man that can play center and right wing, BG finds most of his playing time on the fourth line. He's also the recent topic of a heated debate.

Make the jump to take a look at the rest of the Capitals' free agent class as we stand one week into Free Agency.

Name	Pos	Age		Cap Hit	Latest Update	Information
Nicklas Backstrom	C	22	RFA	$6.0M	05/17/10	Signed to a 10-year, $67M deal
Jay Beagle	R	23	RFA	$77K	06/28/10	Qualifying offer extended.
Eric Belanger	C	31	UFA	$1.75M	06/08/10	Interested in a 3 year deal. Also interested in signing with the Montreal Canadiens.
					06/15/10	Recent contract discussions reported.
					06/29/10	Interested in a 3 or 4 year deal. Caps not interested in that long of a deal
Chris Bourque	C	23	RFA	$6K	06/23/10	Reportedly signed with the KHL's Alant.
					06/25/10	Told Doug Yingst signing with Alant is something he's contemplating, but currently "premature."
					06/28/10	Qualifying offer extended.
Joe Corvo	D	33	UFA	$2.625M	06/03/10	Will not be re-signed.
					07/07/10	Signed 2 year, $4.5M deal with the Hurricanes.
Eric Fehr	R	23	RFA	$772K	06/08/10	Discussing a multi-year option with the Caps.
					06/28/10	Qualifying offer extended.
					07/05/10	Filed for arbitration.
Tomas Fleischmann	C	25	RFA	$725K	06/21/10	In talks with the Caps, Flash is interested in a ~ $2.75M contract
					06/28/10	Qualifying offer extended.
					07/05/10	Filed for arbitration.
Alexandre Giroux	C	28	UFA	$47K	07/02/10	Signed 1 year, $500,00 deal with the Oilers.
Andrew Gordon	R	23	RFA	$9K	06/28/10	Qualifying offer extended.
Boyd Gordon	R	26	RFA	$761K	06/28/10	Qualifying offer extended.
					07/06/10	Signed 1 year, $800,000 deal with the Capitals.
Milan Jurcina	D	26	UFA	$1.375M	06/22/10	Will not be re-signed.
					07/02/10	Signed 1 year, $1M deal with the Islanders.
Quintin Laing	L	30	UFA	$500K
Patrick McNeill	D	23	RFA	$6K	06/28/2010	Qualifying offer extended.
Zach Miskovic	R	25	RFA	$5K	06/25/2010	Qualifying offer extended.
Brendan Morrison	C	33	UFA	$1.5M	06/14/10	Will not be re-signed.
Shaone Morrisonn	D	26	UFA	$1.975M	06/15/10	In talks with the Capitals to be re-signed.
					06/19/10	No contract negotiations have been made.
Jeff Schultz	D	23	RFA	$715K	06/28/10	Qualifying offer extended.
					07/05/10	Filed for arbitration.
					07/07/10	Signed 4 year, $11M deal with the Capitals.
Jose Thedore	G	32	UFA	$4.5M	06/08/10	No discussions regarding an extension.
					06/23/10	Will not be re-signed.
Scott Walker	R	36	UFA	$2.5M	06/03/10	Will not be re-signed.
Kyle Wilson	C	25	UFA	$16K	07/02/10	Signed 1 year deal with the Blue Jackets.

Approximate remaining available cap space: $9M