That is not the full list of Caps' unprotected players because various Hershey Bears players are on the list as well. The full list: Carr, Dowd, Fjallby, Gersich, Hagelin, Hathaway, Ovechkin, Pilon, Pinho, Raffl, Sgarbossa, Sheary, Chara, Dillon, Jensen, Johansen, Kempny, LaDue, Schilling, Schultz, Anderson, Copley, Fucale, and Vanecek.

Lundqvist was declared exempt by the NHL for understandable medical reasons.