Episode 1,275: intel with Ben Standig on Washington Commanders' approach to free agency and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Sports, Football

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to the Washington Capitals trading two fan favorites in defenseman John Carlson and center Nic Dowd, and listener feedback Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider Ben Standig of Last Man Standig on Substack with an in-depth preview of the team's approach to free agency in the 2026 offseason, including the likelihood of the Commanders being very active, whether a roster overhaul is happening, the urgency that general manager Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn are feeling, what the team's thinking at center is and how many more contract extensions with pending unrestricted free agents are coming Segment 3 - Washington Wizards: analysis of a 122-112 loss to the Utah Jazz in a key loss in the tank and in a game in which Trae Young made his Wizards debut and Julian Reese had 20 rebounds, including 10 offensive boards, setting a franchise record for most offensive rebounds by a rookie in a regular-season game Segment 4 - College Basketball: thoughts on Navy's 74-69 win over Bucknell in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament, American's 75-73 loss at Boston University in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament and James Madison's 86-80 loss to Southern Miss in the third round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Upgrade your wardrobe by going to Quince.com/Galdi for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns Get up to 30 percent off OneSkin with the promo code "Galdi" at OneSkin.co/Galdi The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - visit WashingtonDCInjuryLawyers.com and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you Watch the BGO Blind Pig podcast on YouTube For advertising inquiries, email Sales@BlueWirePods.com

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand two hundred seventy-five of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Friday, March 6th, 2026. It is the day of the 2026
0:26.2	NHL trade deadline, which is on Friday at 3 p.m. Eastern. And as I am recording this at, let's see,
0:32.3	what time is it, 147 a.m. Eastern on Friday, the Washington Capitals have just announced a major trade.
0:41.8	The caps in the 1 a.m. Eastern hour on Friday announced having traded defenseman John Carlson
0:47.9	to the Anaheim Ducks for a conditional first round pick in either the 2026 NHL draft or the 2027 NHL draft and a third
0:59.0	round pick in the 2027 NHL draft. John Carlson, perhaps the greatest defenseman in Caps history
1:06.4	is gone. And he's not the only fan favorite who's gone as the caps on Thursday morning
1:12.5	announced a significant trade. They announced having traded center Nick Dowd to the Vegas
1:17.3	Golden Knights for a second round pick in the 2029 NHL draft, a third round pick in the 2027
1:24.1	NHL draft and goaltending prospect, Yesper Weikman. And so the caps regarding this trade deadline,
1:32.3	at least so far, are selling and selling hard. We on the podcast had been wondering how the
1:39.1	caps would approach this trade deadline with the team currently on the outside looking in regarding making the Stanley
1:45.9	Cup playoffs. Well, maybe we now know how the caps are approaching this deadline. Wow,
1:52.3	Dowd gone, Carlson, gone. Dowd is under contract through next season. Carlson is set to be an
1:59.8	unrestricted free agent this coming
2:02.3	off season. What more might be coming from the caps on this NHL trade deadline day? And are they,
2:08.2	in fact, tapping out on making the postseason this season? You know, the caps, as I'm recording
2:13.9	this, are just four points behind the Boston Bruins for the Eastern Conference's second of two wildcard spots.
2:20.8	But let me make this clear.
2:22.5	I'm not mad at the caps for trading Nick Dowd and John Carlson.
2:27.3	The caps in these trades got good value for these guys.
2:30.1	The caps now own 22 total picks over the next three NHL drafts, including four first round picks.
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