Capitals GM Chris Patrick Admits to Failed 'Big' Swing in Free Agency Amid Nikolaj Ehlers Links - "It Didn’t Go Our Way"

Capitals GM Chris Patrick admits to failed 'big' swing in free agency amid Nikolaj Ehlers links - "It didn’t go our way"

Washington Capitals general manager Chris Patrick has admitted that the team tried to make a big move in free agency. But it didn’t work out.

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Lightning take measured approach in quiet free agency

Reports circulated throughout the week that the Lightning had interest in signing top free agent target, Nikolaj Ehlers. In recent years, it wouldn't be abnormal to see general manager Julien BriseBois clear space to make big moves, but this year was different.

Chris Patrick on the Capitals’ lack of a signature move in free agency: ‘We looked to try and do something big and it didn’t go our way’

Washington Capitals general manager Chris Patrick spoke to the media on Saturday after the team’s relatively quiet start to free agency. While declining to name names, Patrick appeared to acknowledge that not only did the Caps have interest in the top free agent available in this year’s market Nikolaj Ehlers, but others who re-signed with their teams or were traded before free agency began. “I’m not going to talk specifically about players, espe…