""I was kind of just packing up my apartment in Charlotte, getting ready to head home, when I got the call from our GM in Florida, Bill Zito. I was pretty surprised, but at the same time, obviously, I was super excited that Washington likes me as a player, wanted me to come to the organization. I'm just super happy to be here. As soon as I got here, the facility, all the guys are so nice, the staff, everyone. So it's been awesome.""
""Florida won the back-to-back Stanley Cups, so it's obviously a tough organization to crack," Sourdif said. "Talking to Bill Zito, he said, 'You're definitely going to get a better opportunity there than with us, and we loved you as a player,' but at the same time, they wanted to move me on because they believed I was able to make the next jump.""
Justin Sourdif, a 23-year-old winger, was traded from the Florida Panthers to the Washington Capitals for two draft picks as Florida anticipated limited roster space. Sourdif entered the move as a restricted free agent without a contract for 2025–26 and reported surprise upon receiving the call from Florida GM Bill Zito while packing his Charlotte apartment. The Capitals have long valued Sourdif, rating him highly in the 2020 draft, and offer a clearer path to NHL playing time after only four NHL games across two seasons. The Capitals' coaching system closely resembles systems Sourdif previously played in under Paul Maurice and Geordie Kinnear.
Read at RMNB
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]