How the Caps did it

The Washington Capitals put some important support players for their massive rebuild in place at or just before the 2004 NHL trading deadline. A look at some of their more important transactions:

Jan. 23: Anson Carter acquired from New York for Jaromir Jagr.

Feb. 18: Brooks Laich plus a second-rounder (later traded to Colorado) acquired from Ottawa for Peter Bondra.

Feb. 27: Tomas Fleischmann and a first-rounder (Mike Green) acquired from Detroit for Robert Lang.

March 3: Shaone Morrisonn and a first-rounder (Jeff Schultz) acquired from Boston for Sergei Gonchar.

Eric Duhatschek