Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'oge 2015-16 oge, mmepụta ihe na-awakpo Laich dara ngwa ngwa, ebe $ 4.5 nde ya na-adaba dị ka otu n'ime ihe ndị na-adịghị mma nke otu ndị isi obodo na-eduga. Na February 27, 2016, ndị Capitals tinyere Laich na mgbaghara maka nzube nke iziga ya na Hershey Bears nke AHL. N'echi ya, na eve nke ahia oge, Laich, tinyere Connor Carrick na a abụọ gburugburu nhọrọ (Carl Grundström) na 2016 draft
, a gbanwere ya na Toronto Maple Leafs, otu nwata ya, na mgbanwe maka Daniel Winnik na nke ise na-ahọrọ (Beck Malenstyn) na 2016 draft. Ebumnuche nke ahia ahụ bụ inye ndị isi obodo ahụ ụgwọ ọrụ ụgwọ ọrụ iji mee ihe maka nkwekọrịta ndị na-eto eto na-eto eto nke chọrọ ịbịanye aka ọzọ na-esote oge ezumike. Onyeisi ndị Capitals bụ Brian Maclellan kpọrọ mgbanwe ahụ, mgbe a jụrụ ya, ihe kacha sie ike o mere dịka onye isi ndị otu ahụ. Laich bụ onye kachasị ogologo oge na-arụ ọrụ ọkachamara na-arụ ọrụ na mpaghara Washington n'oge ahia ahụ, na-emechi ọrụ ya nke afọ 12 na franchise. N'ihe dị ka azụmahịa kachasị emetụ n'ahụ n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Capitals kemgbe Laich nyefere Washington na ngwugwu maka Peter Bondra, otu onye nta akụkọ dere "Ọ bụ ihe nzuzu na ego bụ ihe mechara mee ka ndị isi ahụ kwaga Laich. Nwoke a hụrụ egwuregwu a n'anya nke ukwuu nke na ọ ga-egwu ya n'efu".