Capitals Reassign Bogdan Trineyev

The Capitals announced they’ve reassigned winger Bogdan Trineyev to AHL Hershey. Today is the last day for teams to send players down to the minors before amended eligibility rules kick in during the Olympic roster freeze, which begins at 2:00 pm Central. Those restrictions can be found over at PuckPedia.

The 23-year-old Trineyev has now been recalled three separate times by the Caps this season, playing the first two games of his NHL career in the process. He’s still looking for his first point, but managed three shot attempts and a hit while averaging 10:32 of ice time per game. While his 5-on-5 sample size may only include 21 minutes of ice time, he’s had a good impact in that time with a 62.2 CF% while splitting his offensive and defensive zone usage 50-50. He’s filled in as part of the rotating cast of fourth-line wingers with Brandon Duhaime and Nic Dowd, controlling 62.5% of expected goals together, per MoneyPuck.

Trineyev was a fourth-round pick back in 2020. He ended up inking his entry-level deal two years later and had played exclusively in Hershey from the tail end of the 2022-23 season until landing his first NHL recall earlier this year. He’s spending this season on a league-minimum two-way deal, but the Caps were pleased enough with his progression this season to ink him to a two-year, two-way extension worth up to $1.8MM last month.

It’s truly been a breakout campaign for the 6’3″, 200-lb Russian in the AHL. He has nine goals and 12 assists for 21 points in 32 games, already just one point shy of the career-high he set last year in 62 appearances. If he can keep up that offensive development, there’s a decent chance he can end up being a valuable complementary bottom-six piece in the NHL.