John Carlson signs team friendly extension with Washington
February 2nd, 2017 -
Carlson and the team announced the extension in a press conference today. It is 3 years at an AAV of $4.37M. "I believe in this group and I want to be a part of keeping it together," said Carlson before adding, "I didn't want my contract situation to become a distraction for the guys or the fans going towards the playoffs so I'm glad to get the business stuff out of the way so we can focus on playing hockey."
Carlson has 8 goals and 38 points in 35 games so far this year in an incredible season for him and the Capitals. Washington sits at second in the Metro by quite a good margin and barring a collapse should be in the playoffs as the second Metro seed.