![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1772786937168.jpg\")
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n The Vegas Golden Knights continue their aggressive pre-deadline shopping by trading for Washington Capitals center Nic Dowd. The deal sends a 2027 third-round pick, 2029 second-rounder and goaltender Jesper Vikman to Washington for the veteran forward.\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The Vegas Golden Knights continue their aggressive approach before the NHL trade deadline, strengthening their forward lineup with another key acquisition.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Vegas obtained center Nic Dowd from the Washington Capitals, sending back a third-round selection in 2027, a second-round pick in 2029, and goaltender prospect Jesper Vikman. This transaction follows their earlier acquisition of defenseman Rasmus Andersson from Calgary before the Olympic break.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old Dowd brings valuable defensive skills to Vegas as a reliable penalty killer and defensive specialist at center who contributes offensively as well. Through 55 games this season, he has recorded 16 points while blocking 43 shots.<\/p>\n
Dowd\u2019s contract runs through next season with a manageable $3 million salary cap impact.<\/p>\n
Washington\u2019s decision to move Dowd indicates the Capitals may become partial sellers at the deadline, as they trail the second wild card position in the Eastern Conference by four points despite playing three additional games compared to Boston, which currently holds that playoff spot. Other potential trade candidates for the Capitals include pending free agents Brandon Duhaime and defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk.<\/p>\n
With approximately 27 hours remaining until the deadline, numerous teams that have announced their availability for trades continue waiting for additional transactions. Vincent Trocheck still remains with the New York Rangers, while coach Mike Sullivan avoided committing to whether the center, whose name leads many trade speculation lists, would suit up Thursday evening against Toronto.<\/p>\n
The Maple Leafs, who appear virtually certain to miss postseason play for the first time in ten years, held out three players Wednesday evening for roster management purposes as trade discussions intensify: Bobby McMann, Scott Laughton and Oliver Ekman-Larsson.<\/p>\n
More from TV Delmarva Channel 33 News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vegas Golden Knights continue their aggressive pre-deadline shopping by trading for Washington Capitals center Nic Dowd. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5114],"tags":[56123,56124,191,56117,56125,56119,56120,56118,56121,5,4,190,109,5222,56122],"class_list":{"0":"post-488759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-capitals","8":"tag-102-3","9":"tag-102-3fm","10":"tag-capitals","11":"tag-fine-day","12":"tag-fine-day-102-3","13":"tag-fine-day-fm","14":"tag-fine-day-media","15":"tag-fine-day-radio","16":"tag-have-a-fine-day","17":"tag-hockey","18":"tag-nhl","19":"tag-washington","20":"tag-washington-capitals","21":"tag-washingtoncapitals","22":"tag-weller-radio"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116181452415180886","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}