{"id":12173,"date":"2017-06-30T11:33:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T15:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=12173"},"modified":"2017-06-30T11:33:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T15:33:19","slug":"dmitry-orlov-re-signs-washington-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/06\/30\/dmitry-orlov-re-signs-washington-capitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Dmitry Orlov Re-Signs with the Washington Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\">Restricted free agent defenseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/orlovdm01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dmitry Orlov<\/a><\/strong> will rejoin the Washington Capitals next year after signing a six year, $30.6 million contract with an AAV of $5.1 million. Orlov has spent the first five years of his career with the Caps.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Caps have re-signed defenseman Dmitry Orlov to a six-year deal. $5.1 million AAV.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ikhurshudyan\/status\/880788209722118144\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dmitry Orlov Re-Signs with the Washington Capitals<\/h2>\n<p>After being drafted 55th overall by the Capitals during the 2009 draft, Orlov made his NHL debut during the 2011-2012 season. In his rookie campaign, Orlov would go on to play 60 games and record 19 points, including his first ever goal and GWG against the Carolina Hurricanes. After a successful rookie season, Orlov spent the large majority of his season with the Hershey Bears before returning to the NHL on a full time basis. In 283 career games, the versatile defensemen has notched 93 points on 20 goals and 73 assists. This includes a career high of 8 goals during the 2015-2016 season.\u00a0Since 2013, he&#8217;s been the best possession defenseman on the team minimum 2000 minutes averaging a 53.02% Corsi-for percentage including a Corsi-against of 50.48.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Orlov, now 25, participated an all 82 games for the Capitals last season, recording career highs in assists (27), points (33), and shots (125). Furthermore, the 2016-2017 season marked the second time the Russian defensemen played all 82 regular season games. The first time he accomplished this feat was the 2015-2016 campaign. In addition to his 33 regular season points, Orlov added 3 more assists in the Capitals playoff run that ended at the hands of the eventual Stanley Cup Champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Prior to re-signing with the Capitals, Orlov&#8217;s most recent contract was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capfriendly.com\/players\/dmitry-orlov\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one year deal<\/a> that he signed last off season which saw the Capitals pay the him $2.57 million for the 2016-2017 season as a bridge contract that was a tactic of looking to see what they had with Orlov.<\/p>\n<p>In an off-season that will likely see them lose blue liners\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/alzneka01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karl Alzner<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/shattke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Shattenkirk<\/a><\/strong>, it was important to lock-up the young defenseman.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced statistics courtesy of Puckalytics.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/682445794\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 67.508418% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/682445794?et=AUPTtqOdRbdGvpns5czOow&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=mRUOVxNhIuvMVQrJxDam3wA8_IWZM6qEQaCHZc92pts=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"401\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restricted free agent defenseman Dmitry Orlov will rejoin the Washington Capitals next year after signing a six year, $30.6 million contract with an AAV of $5.1 million. Orlov has spent the first five years of his career with the Caps. 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