Not long after, it was announced that the 33-year old was being placed on waivers by the Washington Capitals, and now we know his future in the NHL.
He will now be assigned to the Hershey Bears.
With a $7.8 million cap hit over the net two years, it comes as absolutely no surprise that Kuznetsov cleared waivers, and his need to be in the Player Assistance Program may have no doubt influenced other teams too.
Ultimately, he still has the talent to be a solid NHL player, but with issues off the ice and a major cap hit, it's going to take a first-round pick for a team to take that money off the Washington Capitals books.
| POLL | ||
MARS 3 | 65 ANSWERS BREAKING: Evgeny Kuznetzov's Fate Confirmed Are you surprised that no one claimed Kuznetsov? | ||
| Yes | 24 | 36.9 % |
| No | 41 | 63.1 % |
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YESTERDAY
JUNE 4, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Brett Howden | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Mitch Marner | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Mark Jankowski | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Seth Jarvis | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Logan Stankoven | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mark Stone | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Noah Hanifin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Tomas Hertl | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | - | - | |
| Jackson Blake | - | - | - | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | - | - | |
| Dylan Coghlan | - | - | - | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||